Astera Cancer Care

Nurse Manager - North

Astera Cancer Care  •  Rutherford, NJ (Onsite)  •  21 days ago
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Job Description

Why Join Us?

For us, what matters most is excellence. We are caring professionals, people who live, work and dedicate themselves to the communities within New Jersey and Pennsylvania. As such, we strive to provide a sanctuary of excellence, precision, thoroughness and genuine compassion. We also take a whole-person approach to patient care and treatment, tailoring all that we do around their unique needs. And we do all we can for patients, going the extra mile to see that they’re supported, informed and getting the one-on-one care and service they deserve.

Oversees the daily operations of ~30+ clinical staff across locations in a region and works closely with the front office manager to ensure a safe, productive and efficient environment for patients, visitors, providers, and staff.

General responsibilities

  • Develops and maintains professional relationships with internal & external staff/teams/contacts/patients.
  • Routinely meets with staff / leads / Front Office Manager to review/discuss clinic operations status/needs/issues.
  • Monitors treatment/provider/lab schedules daily for appropriate distribution and for add-on patient visits.
  • Assesses staffing needs, determines the adequate number of personnel needed to provide safe, high-quality patient care.
  • Develops and distributes staff schedules based on daily/weekly/monthly visit schedules.
  • Regularly audits clinic workflows to assure processes are in place and functioning as expected to meet industry standards, as well as those of all regulatory and or accrediting agencies.
  • Maintains competency in and performs clinical duties as necessary, which includes but is not limited to the essential job functions of clinical direct report roles: RN, Medical Assistant, etc.
  • Inventories patient education materials, ordering additional material when necessary to assure adequate and appropriate materials are available at all times.
  • Conducts monthly staff meetings.
  • Delegates tasks and assignments to appropriate staff, follows up on delegated items to assure they are completed on time and as expected.
  • Monitors and approves staff timecard and time off requests.
  • Participates in/manages interview, hiring, onboarding, discipline, termination processes.
  • Supports and develops clinical staff to optimize their desire and ability to meet or exceed performance expectations. Mentors, coaches, counsels and or creates /implements developmental or performance improvement plans as appropriate.
  • Completes annual staff performance evaluations by assigned due date.
  • Assures all assigned individual & staff competencies /continuing education modules are completed on time.
  • Participates in meetings/projects/ committees as needed/ requested.

Knowledge & Skills

  • Strong organizational and written / verbal communication skills.
  • Knowledge of current developments in /standards for cancer diagnosis/oncology practices/ treatments.
  • Ability to multi-task and cope with a high demand workload.
  • Ability to empathize with patients and families and to deal with challenging patient/visitor interactions, as needed.
  • Ability to collaborate with health care team to optimize patient and employee experience.

Requirements

  • Current RN License; CPR Cert.
  • At least 3-5 years of experience as an RN in oncology
  • Two years supervisory experience preferred.
  • Baccalaureate degree.
  • Certification in Oncology.
  • Chemotherapy Certification.
  • BLS/CPR Cert.
  • Knowledge of EMR systems (preferably OncoEMR).
  • Must be willing to travel to all office sites.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package and paid time off. The health benefits include immediate eligibility for medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, FSA and other ancillary benefits. We also offer a 401(k) plan with company contribution, profit sharing, tuition assistance and employee referral bonus.

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Astera Cancer Care

About Astera Cancer Care

Astera Cancer Care (ACC) is a multispecialty physician practice consisting of medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and breast surgeons focused on the care of patients with cancer and blood disorders. ACC physicians have cared for thousands of patients in New Jersey since 1981. ACC providers currently practice at 14 distinct locations in Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, and Monmouth counties in New Jersey as well as in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

ACC offers standard and advanced therapeutics, including chemotherapy, biologic therapy, immunotherapy and radiopharmaceuticals along with a complete portfolio of radiation oncology treatment options, including proton therapy, prostate brachytherapy, and radiosurgery. The practice is one of the few private groups on the East Coast to offer patients this full array of radiation oncology treatments.

Astera has a robust clinical trial platform for cancer therapy with one of the only community-based clinical trial programs in CAR-T cell therapies in the nation.

The group is also a leader in value-based oncology care and alternative payment model development.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Unknown
Year Founded
2021
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