RN- Med Surg
Company: Yale New Haven Health
Location: West Haven
Posted on: June 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview To be part of our organization, every employee should
understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and
live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered,
respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as
individuals and professionals, every day. The Nurse Coordinator for
Oncology Multispecialty Care Centers (OMCC) is an integral member
of an assigned Disease Team. The OMCC Nurse Coordinator focuses on:
1) navigating the patient and family across care settings according
to the established patient care plan, 2) ensuring that the
patient/family have appropriate information, understand and have
the capacity to adhere to the medical plan, and 3) bridging between
the various consultants, services, points of care encountered by
patient/family. The primary roles of this provider are serving as a
consistent primary contact for new patients and their families,
partnering with the Intake Assistant to expedite entry of new
patients into the system and collaborating with Disease Team
members to ensure coordination of care across the continuum for the
designated patient population. The OMCC Nurse Coordinator
synchronizes patient/family care across care settings beginning
with the initial referral and consultative visit and ending with
handoff at a designated point determined by the specific disease
team (will vary according to patient population and disease team
preferences). The OMCC Nurse Coordinator interfaces with point of
care staff in accordance with the plan for patient care, educates
patients and families based on determination of learning needs, and
communicates plan detail to patient/family, physicians, mid-level
providers, others involved in the patient's care.
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran Responsibilities 1. Clinical Practice:
Patient/Family Assessment (Initial and Ongoing) 1.1 Collects Level
II* patient data for new patients using established assessment form
prior to initial visit to assess patient/family current and
projected future needs; Note: Level II patient data includes
physical and psychosocial history, current medical status,
medication review, teaching/learning evaluation 2. Clinical
Practice: Patient/Family Education 2.1 Develops a patient/family
education plan based on assessment findings relevant to teaching
learning topics, styles and the identification of special needs and
preferences. 3. Clinical Practice: Care Coordination and
Patient/Family Referral 3.1 Alerts Tumor Board Coordinator to place
patient on listing for treatment planning session and, if patient
will be present, facilitates patient participation; attends
treatment planning sessions and documents treatment plans
formulated. 4. Clinical Practice: Clinical Research 4.1 Identifies
candidates for open clinical trials and communicates to physician,
mid-level provider and assigned research nurse; collaborates with
Research Nurses to ensure follow-through on clinical trials accrual
of individual patients. 5. Clinical Program Support 5.1 Oversees
Intake Assistant performance by analyzing accuracy and completeness
of data compiled on new patients and observing patient/family
interactions; provides feedback to supervisor. 6. Professional
Development 6.1 Sets and strives to meet annual goals for
professional development 7. Addendum: When needed or as assigned,
performs practice/clinic nurse function as outlined in Clinical
Nurse in the Ambulatory Practice/Outpatient Multispecialty Care
Center functional description/overview Qualifications EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing highly preferred; Master's Degree in
Health-related field preferred EXPERIENCE A minimum of three (3)
years experience in adult inpatient services, ambulatory oncology
service or operating room. Oncology experience preferred LICENSURE
Connecticut RN license; SPECIAL SKILLS Connecticut RN license;
Oncology Nursing Society certification (OCN, AOCN) desirable
Additional Information 3 years Oncology or Surgical Nursing
experience CT RN License Required, Oncology Experience Preferred,
Oncology Certification Preferred, BSN Required YNHHS Requisition ID
134957
Keywords: Yale New Haven Health, Jersey City , RN- Med Surg, Healthcare , West Haven, New Jersey
