Clinical Nurse IV - Clinic

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

City of Hope in Corona is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Clinical Nurse IV to join our outpatient oncology team. The Clinical Nurse IV will assist in care coordination, provide patient education regarding treatment plans and symptom management, and oversee referrals and authorization processes to support timely access to services. This nurse will manage in-basket messages and triage non-emergent patient calls, applying advanced clinical judgment to assess needs and facilitate appropriate interventions.

Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team that includes physicians, a social worker, and the nurse manager, the Clinical Nurse IV serves as a clinical resource and leader in the outpatient setting. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong clinical expertise in oncology, great time management and critical thinking along with exceptional communication skills, and the ability to effectively prioritize and manage complex patient needs in a fast-paced environment.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Strong oncology and infusion knowledge (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy)

• Symptom assessment and management skills

• Ability to recognize and escalate urgent/emergent conditions appropriately
• Solid understanding of treatment plans and supportive care needs
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary care
• Knowledge of referral processes and authorization oversight
• Ability to streamline communication between providers, patients, and support services
• Provides clinical trial overview, specific information as requsted, and screening when needed.

• May assists with determining/assessing required medical records, imaging, and pathology to expediate the new patient visit and reviews records upon receipt.

• Assist the new patient with completing all new patient documents.
• May participate in nursing new patient intake documentation completion.
• Assesses and addresses patient care barriers.
• Provides ongoing education, resources, and referrals both internal and external.
• Serves as the primary contact for patient issues associated with the coordination of their care.
• Routinely interacts with the care team to address patients' questions and care coordination concerns.
• Facilitates shared decision making ensuring that patients are fully informed of risks and benefits of treatment options and integrating their values and practices regarding treatment decisions.
• Promotes advance care planning with patients as appropriate.
• Tracks and monitors diagnosis and treatment information, outcomes, and patient contacts for measuring and improving quality of care for the individual patient and patient population.
• Supports the use of palliative care and other downsteream services by assessing for late and long term side effects and other physical barriers to the patient's quality of life.
• Ability to mentor or guide less experienced nurses
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Commitment to patient-centered care and quality outcomes
• Proficiency with EMR systems (in-basket management)
• Familiarity with outpatient clinic workflows
• Understanding of regulatory and compliance standards
• Schedule: Monday - Friday 745am - 4:15pm

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in nursing is required.
• Current California RN license.
• Minimum of three (3) years related experience, preferred background in oncology nursing.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR Card through American Heart Association

• ONS Chemotherapy/ Biotherapy Certificate or Chemotherapy/ Immunotherapy Certificate (Must be obtained within 6 months of hire)

• Current National certification, must be maintained to retain CN IV status (effective February 22, 2022).

• COH (Nursing Excellence Department and HR) maintain a list of approved certifications which is a subset of ANCC Magnet-recognized certifications as updated in ANCC Demographic Data Collection Tool (DDCT).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a caring and empathetic demeanor.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced clinical setting.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.