Req #: 241515
Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE - BRAIN TUMOR CENTER
Posting Date: 12/10/2024
Closing Info: Open Until Filled
Salary: 50% of $7,596 - $13,798 per month
Shift: First Shift
Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position,
click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701_a11y.pdf)
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus for eligible part-time new employees joining UW Medicine
UW Medical Center-Montlake – Alvord Brain Tumor Center
has an outstanding opportunity for a
Part Time Oncology Nurse Navigator
(job profile: Registered Nurse 2). This is a unique nursing role, focused on empowering neuro-oncology patients to navigate their cancer treatment with confidence, compassionate guidance, and advocacy.
WORK SCHEDULE
- Part time / 50% FTE
- Day shifts, Monday - Friday
- RNs can work from home after they've been trained on our clinic protocols. Additional details will be provided in the interview. DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The Alvord Brain Tumor Center provides expert and holistic care that includes a precise diagnosis, a personalized care plan, and a team of experts who guide patients each step of the way from consultation to treatment and follow up. Our care team includes neuro-oncologists, neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, neuropathologists, oncology nurses, and cancer specialists who work together to treat brain and spinal cord cancers. We offer access to leading edge techniques, including Gamma Knife, photon radiation therapies, chemotherapies, immunotherapies, and Optune. POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
- Provide life-changing care for cancer patients
- Provide guidance and advocacy throughout the care continuum
- Work a flexible schedule in a position offering work-life balance PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide patient-centric care for a breadth of neuro-oncologic diagnoses, including brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors
- Assist patients, families, and caregivers to overcome healthcare system barriers
- Provide care coordination throughout the cancer continuum, ensuring timely access
- Provide education and resources to patients, families, and caregivers about diagnoses, treatment options, side effect management, post-treatment care, and survivorship
- Assess and promote healthy lifestyle choices and self-care strategies through education and referrals to ancillary services
- Develop and use appropriate assessment tools (e.g. distress screening, pain scale, performance status)
- Support a smooth transition of patients from active treatment into survivorship or end-of-life care
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Fred Hutch and UW Medicine Clinical Pathways
- Facilitate communication among members of the multidisciplinary cancer care team to prevent fragmented or delayed care that could adversely affect patient outcomes; this includes participating in multidisciplinary case reviews and tumor boards REQUIREMENTS
- 3 years of recent care management nursing experience, oncology nursing experience, or equivalent experience
- Active licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street. Excellence. Exploration. Education. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-montlake) ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
