Job Description

The purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive, specialized care for individuals who are undergoing or have completed active cancer treatment, focusing on long-term health, wellness, and monitoring. The provider will address physical side effects, emotional, social, and practical concerns, while creating personalized, long-term follow-up care plans to manage the risk of recurrence and new cancers. The Survivorship Coordinator will collaborate with all care providers to assist in providing quality of life and survivorship services as well as provide expert knowledge and support as necessary to promote quality care.

The provider will have an independent and comprehensive patient-centered Oncology Survivorship clinic located in the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center or other Marshall Health Network facility as needed. They will function within their scope of practice as defined by the West Virginia Board of Nursing or the West Virginia Board of Medicine. They are responsible for continuously maintaining licensure and certifications required to practice in the state of West Virginia.

PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides comprehensive evidence-based survivorship care consistent with guidelines from credible organizations (ASCO, NCI’s Office of Cancer Survivorship) as well as accreditation standards for survivorship (ACOS’ Commission on Cancer and NAPBC), addressing the unique needs of cancer survivors.
• Conducts cancer surveillance for recurrence or new primaries through appropriate screening, examination, and diagnostic coordination.
• Assesses and manages long-term and late-term effects of cancer treatment including physical, emotional, cognitive and sexual health concerns.
• Provides preventative health services and education to survivors (screening, risk assessments, immunizations, etc.), focusing on wellness, nutrition and lifestyle modification after a cancer diagnosis; offers educational support for patients and families, health team members, and the community.
• Helps develop and maintain departmental and intradepartmental policies, procedures and standards of care for survivorship. Provides regular reporting of program performance metrics.
• Works with physicians and other providers to effectively transition patients to the survivorship clinic and to back to primary care.
• Initiates appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, medical and nursing actions in alignment with best practice guidelines and collaboration of oncology team.
• Interprets labs and diagnostic procedures as they relate to patient surveillance and overall plan of care.
• Appropriately screens clients who are at high risk for new cancers; focuses on wellness, nutrition and lifestyle modification after a cancer diagnosis.
• Completes all documentation in Cerner including: progress notes, H&Ps, entering orders and charges in a timely manner.
• Offers educational support for patients and families, health team members, and the community regarding survivorship.
• Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulation, and professional accreditation standards.
• Creates a caring and healing environment that keeps the patient and family at the center of care throughout their experience.
• Helps develop and maintain departmental and intradepartmental policies, procedures and standards of care for survivorship.
• Provides all survivorship education and resources necessary to providers and staff in the disease site teams. Educates other health care professionals including nurses, residents, and fellows regarding the Survivorship Program.
• Leads and participates in interdisciplinary teams and works collaboratively to facilitate integration of survivorship services.
• Assists with designing and implementing any new survivorship care programming needed to enhance patient and family experience.
• Participates in ongoing education including internal and external forums for providers of survivorship care to keep knowledge current and maintain best practices.
• Establishes network of referral sources to serve as clinical resources for healthcare providers and survivors.
• Participates in weekly cancer conferences.
• Enters documentation and charges in a timely manner as defined by the policy.
• Assists with budget development for the survivorship program.
• Tracks downstream revenue produced through the survivorship program.

Education: Graduate of a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program required. Must hold current WV licensure.

Experience: 1-2 Years of related experience required. 5+ years preferred.

Internal applicants must call HR at ext. 11653 to determine eligibility before applying.