Coord, Lung Cancer Screening

Position Title: Coord, Lung Cancer Screening

Department: SS-GHG-Pulmonary Associates

Purpose: Coordinates the care of patients receiving lung cancer screening services or with a past, current, or potential diagnosis of lung cancer, assists health care providers, patients, and families/caregivers to overcome healthcare system barriers; provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health care throughout all phases of the lung cancer care continuum. Serves as the central point of contact for patients and providers to facilitate collaboration across the multi-disciplinary thoracic tumor clinician group, ensuring individualized approach from lung nodule/mass diagnosis to treatment and diagnostic follow up per evidence-based guidelines. Coordinates efforts of and provides guidance to Lung Cancer Screening program nursing and clerical team to achieve program objectives. Assists with direct patient care in pulmonary clinic as needed.

Report To: Manager, Clinic

Supervisory Responsibility: Guidance: The job requires the provision of occasional guidance and training to others. The job does not have formal or official supervisory responsibilities.

Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.

Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Patients, Families, and Significant Others, Vendors/Clients, Third Party Payors/Insurance Companies

POSITION SPECIFICATION

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Field Of Study: Nursing

Special Training: Basic Life Support

Training Preferred: Experience in pulmonary and/or oncology.

Licensure/Registration: Registered Nurse in Iowa or Permit to Practice in Iowa

Experience: More than 3 years experience required.

Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are often difficult or stressful in nature. Contact with others involves complex, detailed and often sensitive topics. The job requires a high degree of interpersonal skills to deal with a range of complicated problem situations. Interactions involve earning the trust of children and adolescents, as well as an ability to communicate with them in a clear manner.

Working Conditions: There is limited exposure to moderately adverse and undesirable environmental conditions. There are some health and safety risks. Position may require safety equipment and precautions. The amount of time the employee may experience these moderate conditions is limited to 10% or less of their work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes

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