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|POSITION SPECIFICS |

|Title: Clinical Program Coordinator – Proc (Palliative Care) |Department/Number: 17160 Oncology |

|Reports to: Manager, Oncology Clinics | |

|Job Code: 800204 |FLSA Status: Non-Exempt | |

|Manager Approval: K. O’Connell 1-17 |HR Approval: CMW 1-17 |

|POSITION SUMMARY |

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|The Clinical Program Coordinator - Palliative Care (CPC-PC) is a registered nurse who is accountable for effective coordination of the oncology patient with |

|palliative care needs. The CPC-PC systematically triages patients based upon clinical problems and educational needs, provides coordination of care for the |

|palliative care patient, and is also a resource to clinic staff in regard to the direct provision of care. |

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|The Clinical Program Coordinator - PC is an active member of the multidisciplinary team and collaborates in the development, execution and evaluation of the |

|multidisciplinary plan of care. He/She considers factors related to ethics, safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and delivering care. |

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|The Clinical Program Coordinator - PC establishes goals and strategies for meeting the continuing care needs of the patient, family, and/or other care |

|provider. He/She provides care in collaboration with other nursing staff members. He/she works with clinical research personnel to integrate research into |

|patient care as appropriate. |

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|The Clinical Program Coordinator - PC demonstrates knowledge of and participates in improving organizational performance activities. The nurse coordinator |

|acquires and maintains knowledge in palliative care nursing practice and assumes responsibility for the professional development of self, other nursing staff |

|and students. |

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|The Clinical Program Coordinator - PC works with the team to assure that systems of care are in place for patients to move across the continuum of care. This |

|includes development of patient care protocols, order sets, and systems that allow care to take place in an effective and efficient manner. Also puts systems |

|in place to evaluate the effectiveness of patient care. |

|MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES |

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|The Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator maintains a significant presence in the oncology clinic. He/She maintains an independent practice with patients based on |

|an established plan of care under the supervision of the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care team, and Cancer Pain physician. |

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|Assists patients and families as they receive care from different specialties: physically assist in helping them get from clinic to clinic, arrange follow up |

|so that transitions from service to service were as smooth as possible, make sure medical information/records transferred, schedule and make sure |

|consults/procedures with other services are scheduled and occur: Medical oncology, Radiation oncology, Surgical oncology, Interventional radiology, ID, |

|cardiology, nephrology, etc. |

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|Facilitates the evaluation of new patients to the Palliative Care and Cancer Pain services in clinic by obtaining, consolidating and synthesizing patient care |

|records and imaging prior to the appointment, in an effort to optimize the consultation time at UWHC. |

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|Collaborates with Palliative Care and Cancer Pain teams to facilitate patient transitions before and after hospitalization. Incorporates home care planning |

|into the multidisciplinary plan of care on an ongoing basis. Communicates with home care nurse, hospice nurse, oncology team, and others as needed to follow up|

|on care plans. |

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|Follows up on care plans with a focus on symptom management after clinic visits with phone call or in person visits. |

|Checks in on patients who may have infrequent clinic visits or who have transitioned to in home or residential hospice care. |

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|Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes. |

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|Implements safe, competent, and efficient patient care within policies, procedures and standards, and interventions as noted on the multidisciplinary plan of |

|care. |

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|Documents the nursing process to reflect a comprehensive and integrated approach to patient care. |

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|Assists in the development of an intake and follow up workflow for palliative care and cancer pain patients, helping to create a referral process in which |

|patients are matched with the appropriate palliative care provider in a timely fashion. This includes developing and participating in outcome and quality data |

|collection. |

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|Evaluates patients’ families’ responses to care based upon the effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established outcomes and |

|consults with medical staff, case manager, and support staff regarding clinical variances and recommended changes to the plan of care. |

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|Reviews medications with patients and families and educates as needed to maximize compliance with medication treatment plan. |

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|Collaborates with social work to ensure advance care planning needs have been met for palliative care patients. |

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|Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching learning. |

|Utilizes the resources of the Learning Center as appropriate to meet identified patient, family and/or care giver needs. |

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|Contributes to educational initiatives within palliative care and oncology. |

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|Performs systematic nursing assessment, follow up on patient outcomes (if they move to another health care system, hospice, notification of deaths) with the |

|team. Contacts families to offer support after patient’s deaths. |

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|Interprets overt and subtle data to determine physiologic or psychological risk. |

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|Establishes each patient’s nursing care requirements relative to his/her age specific needs. |

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|Establishes goals and strategies for meeting continuing care needs of patient, family and/or other care provider based on ongoing assessments. Involves the |

|patient and family in planning. |

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|Teaches the patient, family and/or other care provider critical knowledge and skills necessary to accomplish self-care. |

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|Ensures that patient and family demonstrate knowledge of health status, treatments, symptom management, skills, medications and adaptive behaviors gained as a |

|result of teaching interventions. |

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|Ensures patient and family/caregiver understanding of safety, functional self-care and home maintenance measures gained as result of continuing care planning |

|interventions. |

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|Documents information which leads to insights or the solutions of usual patient problems, the response to and the outcomes of care provided. Documents in |

|accordance with UWHC polices and procedures. |

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|Safely and competently executes technical skills required for practice. |

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|Demonstrates knowledge of research findings related to palliative care. |

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|Incorporates changes in practice to reflect new advances and ensures effectiveness of interventions. |

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|Evaluates own performance and that of peers and other nursing staff in relation to oncology nursing standards. |

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|Demonstrates an awareness of elements in own performance needing further development and seeks opportunities to improve. |

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|Contributes to the learning experience of students in cooperation with the instructor and other staff. |

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|Shares knowledge gained through participation in continuing education activities. |

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|Maintain appropriate specialty certifications & UW Health mandatory education requirements. |

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|All duties and requirements must be performed consistent with the UW Health Organizational Performance Standards. |

|POSITION REQUIREMENTS |

|Education |Minimum |BSN |

| |Preferred | |

|Work Experience |Minimum |Two (2) years Oncology nursing experience |

| | |Experience in teaching patient and families. |

| |Preferred |Palliative Care and Oncology experience |

|Licenses & Certifications |Minimum |RN in state of Wisconsin |

| | |CPR certification |

| |Preferred |OCN, CHPN certifications |

|Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities |Knowledge regarding quality improvement and standards of care within practice area. |

| |Excellent communication and organizational skills. |

|AGE – SPECIFIC COMPETENCY |

|Identify age-specific competencies for direct and indirect patient care providers who regularly assess, manage and treat patients by clicking on the |

|appropriate boxes below. |

|Instructions: Indicate the age groups of patients served either by direct or indirect patient care by checking the appropriate boxes below. Next, |

| |Infants (Birth – 11 months) | |Adolescent (13 – 19 years) |

| |Toddlers (1 – 3 years) | |Young Adult (20 – 40 years) |

| |Preschool (4 – 5 years) | |Middle Adult (41 – 65 years) |

| |School Age (6 – 12 years) | |Older Adult (Over 65 years) |

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|PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS |

|Indicate the appropriate physical requirements of this job in the course of a shift. Note: reasonable accommodations may be made available for individuals |

|with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. |

|Physical Demand Level |Occasional |Frequent |Constant |

| |Up to 33% of the time |34%-66% of the time |67%-100% of the time |

| |Sedentary: Ability to lift up to 10 pounds maximum|Up to 10# |Negligible |Negligible |

| |and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such | | | |

| |articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. | | | |

| |Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which | | | |

| |involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and | | | |

| |standing is often necessary in carrying out job | | | |

| |duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and | | | |

| |standing are required only occasionally and other | | | |

| |sedentary criteria are met. | | | |

|X |Light: Ability to lift up to 20 pounds maximum |Up to 20# |Up to 10# or requires |Negligible or constant push/pull |

| |with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects | |significant walking or |of items of negligible weight |

| |weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight | |standing, or requires | |

| |lifted may be only be a negligible amount, a job | |pushing/pulling of arm/leg | |

| |is in this category when it requires walking or | |controls | |

| |standing to a significant degree. | | | |

| |Medium: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds maximum |20-50# |10-25# |Negligible-10# |

| |with frequent lifting/and or carrying objects | | | |

| |weighing up to 25 pounds. | | | |

| |Heavy: Ability to lift up to 100 pounds maximum |50-100# |25-50# |10-20# |

| |with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects | | | |

| |weighing up to 50 pounds. | | | |

| |Very Heavy: Ability to lift over 100 pounds with |Over 100# |Over 50# |Over 20# |

| |frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing | | | |

| |over 50 pounds. | | | |

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