Registered Nurse Care Cord Urologic Cancer FT Days

Description

Care Coordinator - Urologic Cancer - AdventHealth Orlando

Location Address: 601 E Rollins St

Top Reasons to work at AdventHealth Orlando

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

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Work Hours/Shift:

• Full Time Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Facilitates an evidence-based, multidisciplinary, multispecialty approach to cancer care throughout the care continuum. Navigates care for newly diagnosed Urologic Cancer patients and as needed for patients recommended for biopsy.
• Collaborates with supervisor in navigating patients (needs ranging from minimal to complex) from the diagnostic phase through treatment planning, medical management, and surveillance/ survivorship assuring patients have appropriate, timely, medical, and supportive services.
• Remains current in evidence-based cancer practice and new emerging trends in area of cancer specialty.
• Participates in and supports (per direction of supervisor) Tumor Boards, Journal Clubs, and other physician education venues. Involvement with these programs may include preparing patient history/ summary, requesting pathology and radiology reports, operating technical equipment, following up with physician team regarding treatment recommendation, etc. Participates in Urologic Cancer Program Leadership Committee.
• Serves as an educational resource for patients undergoing initial treatment, as well as patients undergoing changes to existing treatment. Supports patient/family education programs providing both one-on-one sessions and group forums. Provides patient/family education for chemotherapy and biotherapy including mechanism of action, expected side effect management, and tumor site specific information.

Qualifications
What You Will Need:

• Three years of experience in Oncology Nursing, or urologic nursing practice
• Current valid State of Florida or multi state license as a Registered Nurse
• BLS
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degrees in Nursing (Preferred)
• Five years of experience in Oncology Nursing or urologic cancer nursing practice (Preferred)
• National Certification: Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (Preferred)

Job Summary: The Urologic Cancer Care Coordinator supports patients in navigating the oncology medical system. Serves as a primary point of intake; assuring patients have appropriate and timely medical and supportive services on an ongoing basis. In addition, this position supports data collection, tumor board processes/participation, and marketing/community outreach efforts. Serves as an educational resource for patients undergoing initial treatment, as well as patients undergoing changes to existing treatment.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.