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Methodist Health System

Nonprofit, faith-based integrated health system

Nurse Coordinator - Oncology

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOmaha, NE, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing is required.
  • Completion of an Electrocardiogram course is required.
  • Successful completion of annual mandatory education requirements is required.
  • A minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience on the assigned unit is required.
  • A current valid Registered Nurse license, valid compact multistate license to work, or temporary permit while awaiting licensure is required.
  • A current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support certification is strongly preferred at hire and required within 3 months of hire.
  • An ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course is required.
  • Knowledge of databases is required.
  • The ability to multitask and prioritize work assignments is required.
  • Computer knowledge with abilities in word processing is required.
  • The ability to learn, retain, and use computer skills required for the department and hospital information system is required.
  • The role requires medium work involving up to 50 pounds of force.
  • The role requires the listed climbing, crawling, kneeling, sitting, balancing, carrying, crouching, color distinction, keyboarding or typing, lifting, pulling or pushing, repetitive motions, stooping or bending, twisting, grasping, hearing, reaching, seeing, speaking, standing, and walking activities.
  • The role involves the listed physical, equipment or machinery, explosive pressurized-gas, hazardous-drug, chemical, biological, blood or body fluid, and mechanical moving-part or vibration hazards.

Responsibilities

  • Provide age-appropriate care to ensure patient understanding and comfort during treatment.
  • Identify opportunities and provide individualized customer service and patient care according to patient needs.
  • Make patient care assignments according to personnel experience, patient status, skill needs, safety needs, skill mix, and required supervision.
  • Assign new personnel and float staff to practice partners and modify assignments based on patient flow.
  • Report issues and trends to the Service Leader.
  • Coordinate unit admissions, discharges, transfers, and patient flow to ensure bed availability matches demand.
  • Use critical thinking to compare predicted admissions, available beds, and expected discharges to identify potential demand and capacity mismatches.
  • Develop and coordinate a daily admission, transfer, and discharge plan.
  • Assign beds within 20 minutes of a bed request or communicate with the bed coordinator when that timeframe cannot be met.
  • Present unit demand and capacity status and the unit plan at bed huddles when needed.
  • Ensure assigned staff complete activities by coaching, mentoring, and role-modeling patient care practices.
  • Supervise and evaluate care provided during the assigned shift.
  • Redirect hospital staff to demonstrate core values and promote a positive work environment.
  • Provide input and assist with staff performance developmental plans.
  • Serve as a resource person to assigned care providers.
  • Maintain positive customer relations with hospital personnel, patients, visitors, and physicians.
  • Ensure shift reports, rounds, and Situation Background Assessment Recommendation communications are complete, pertinent, and communicated appropriately.
  • Collaborate and coordinate with care managers, service secretaries, support staff, departments, units, and external agencies to facilitate patient care.
  • Assist coworkers with customer concerns.
  • Encourage use of the Situation Background Assessment Recommendation format to maintain continuity of care.
  • Manage environmental and patient-care situations so risks are addressed appropriately.
  • Complete and follow up on clinical variance reports, patient and family concerns, staff concerns, and narcotic discrepancies.
  • Monitor environmental safety issues and ensure appropriate interventions, including refrigerator and code-blue-cart checks.
  • Provide input into the development and revision of policies and procedures.
  • Meet quality standards and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines.
  • Participate in and coach staff on identifying, analyzing, reducing, and evaluating risk issues.
  • Adjust staffing based on census, guidelines, and budget on each shift.
  • Facilitate staffing for the next shift based on identified patient needs and priorities.
  • Monitor unit activities to ensure optimal patient care and appropriate use of end-of-shift overtime.
  • Identify supply and equipment utilization problems and ensure appropriate interventions.
  • Perform the nursing assessment process to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
  • Use patient or significant-other data in assessments as appropriate and prioritize data collection according to immediate patient needs.
  • Use assessment findings in discharge planning.
  • Collaborate with physicians and other clinical disciplines.
  • Provide teaching specific to the patient's healthcare problem.
  • Ensure care plans reflect continuing care needs and referrals for discharge or transfer.
  • Follow nursing protocols, clinical practices, and unit standards of care.
  • Use current nursing knowledge based on standards and research literature.
  • Document care in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Facilitate and participate in multidisciplinary patient rounds and maintain clinical knowledge of all patients on the unit.
  • Monitor outcomes and document patient responses to interventions.
  • Evaluate patient capabilities and limitations related to nursing and medical interventions.
  • Monitor the patient or significant other's ability to manage care needs after discharge.
  • Give a complete verbal or written change-of-shift report to the incoming care provider, including current care requirements and the overall plan of care.
  • Recognize and address patient and family physical and mental capabilities and limitations.
  • Perform technical skills competently and independently to assure patient safety.
  • Learn new skills and equipment within area specifications and required timeframes.
  • Initiate action to correct, prevent, or minimize risks to patients, families, and hospital employees.
  • Complete appropriate reports for risks, including variance reports, patient concern reports, and maintenance requests.
  • Communicate unresolved issues to appropriate personnel.
  • Coach staff on integrating patient safety into daily work, including patient identification, read-back of phone and verbal orders, prohibited abbreviations, high-alert medications, medication reconciliation, patient falls, and time-outs.
  • Contribute to the unit safety culture by coaching staff to report near misses.
  • Support patient confidentiality.
  • Review, delegate, and evaluate plans for appropriate staff utilization at all practice levels in accordance with the state's Nurse Practice Act and professional standards.

Desired Qualifications

  • Three to five years of nursing experience is preferred.
  • Certification in the area of specialty is preferred, including National Certification Corporation certification within one year of eligibility.
  • Oncology Certified Nurse certification is preferred.

About the Company

Methodist Health System

Nonprofit, faith-based integrated health system

Methodist Health System operates a nonprofit, faith-based network of hospitals and physician clinics across Dallas-Fort Worth, offering primary care, cardiology, orthopedics, women's health, gastroenterology, and emergency care. Its network includes several medical centers and Methodist Medical Group's clinics. What sets Methodist Health System apart is its covenant tie to the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church and its sizable charity care commitment. The goal is to improve and save lives through compassionate, quality healthcare.

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