Req #: 230983

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - NW - INPATIENT ONCOLOGY

Posting Date: 04/23/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8845 - $13267 per month

Shift: First Shift

UW Medical Center - Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to work within our newly established 29-bed inpatient Oncology unit. WORK SCHEDULE

• 32 hours per week

• Day shift PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, develops, implements/collaborates on, and evaluates oncology-related educational offerings designed to enhance the delivery of quality and safety of care.

• Serve as an oncology subject matter expert to a large and complex patient population.

• In collaboration with other campuses, will develop evidence-based protocols, promotes clinical standards and practice improvements and evaluates outcomes.

• Collaborate with the unit leadership, staff, and physicians to impact the quality of care for oncology patients through developing and implementing care standards, policies, guidelines, protocols, and benchmarking.

• Serve as a resource to staff providing care to oncology patients. POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree in Nursing

• 3-5 years of Oncology related nursing experience

• An active chemotherapy administration certification

• An active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

• Leadership, quality improvement or clinical education experience

• An active oncology nursing certification preferred

• Certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist preferred ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital 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 six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion. Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-northwest) Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. 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.

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.