Advanced Practice Provider: Survivorship Senior Program Manager

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The APP Senior Program Manager of Adult Survivorship will support survivorship care delivery within the disease-based clinics (aka, “Surveillance and Survivorship initiative”) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center for adult patients with cancer who have not been treated with a bone marrow transplant. Reporting to the Director of and the Co-Directors of the Survivorship Program, this role is divided equally between direct clinical care (50%) and administrative program support (50%). The APP Sr. Program Manager will serve as the APP face of the survivorship program, partnering with Service Line Managers and a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care that addresses the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of survivors who are still being followed by the different disease-based clinics.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY/ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Clinical Care (50%)

• Provide direct patient care.
• Participate in the management of patients with active cancer as well as cancer survivors
• Deliver surveillance and survivorship care within disease-based clinics in alignment with program standards

Administrative Program Support (50%)

APP Representation and Liaison

• Act as the APP face of the Surveillance and Survivorship care delivery imitative, representing the APP perspective in program planning and communications
• Serve as the liaison between front-line APPs and Service Line Managers, facilitating communication, sharing feedback, and supporting consistent adoption of program workflows
• Work collaboratively with the Medical Director of Adult Cancer Survivorship and the Associate Medical Director of the Survivorship Clinic to enhance survivorship care and services across Fred Hutch

Program Resources and Documentation

• Partner with the Survivorship Service Line Manager to create resources and documentation to support the program
• In collaboration with clinical directors, APPs, and nurses within the disease programs:
• Help define the scope of and standards for adult cancer survivorship care common to all disease programs
• Help coordinate the integration of survivorship care across oncology services, identifying aspects of care unique to each disease type

Education and Training

• Maintain current survivorship and surveillance curriculum library
• Create training curriculum in partnership with disease specific service line and deliver ongoing training to APPs on survivorship and surveillance care
• Participate in education and training programs organized by the Survivorship Program for patients, caregivers, and health care professionals (APPs, nurses, physicians, staff)

Quality Improvement

• Support program leadership in monitoring and evaluating program effectiveness and patient outcomes
• Help implement evidence-based practices and update protocols to improve embedded survivorship care within disease-based clinics

Outreach

• Participate in Survivorship Program events that address the needs of cancer survivors within the cancer center and in the broader community, including but not limited to:
• Speaking to diverse groups about the benefits of cancer survivorship care
• Supporting partnerships with community organizations that expand resources for survivors and elevate the visibility of the Fred Hutch Survivorship Program
• Collaborating with philanthropy to identify resources that support survivorship-based program

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree in nursing or related area required
• 5+ years experience as PA or NP
• 3+ years leading programs
• 1 year ARNP or PA-C experience in Medical Oncology or BMT required
• Electronic Medical Record experience required
• Currently licensed as a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the State of WA or eligible to become licensed prior to start date
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required

Preferred:

• Masters degree in nursing or relevant degree preferred
• 7+ years experience as an APP preferred
• Experience leading staff in an academic medical center preferred
• Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) experience preferred

The annual base salary range for this position is from $143,500 to $226,803, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time, candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.

This position may be eligible for relocation assistance.Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days if working 8 hours, 5 days per week or 18 days if working 10 hours, 4 days per week.), CME (5 days), paid sick leave, paid holidays (11 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks). 

Additional Information

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources at [email protected] or by calling 206-667-4700.