Registered Nurse

Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN)

The Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. This nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills. Provides patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for patients. Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs. Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and community programs to provide continuity of care to patients. The Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator manages consults for potential lung cancer screening enrollment by performing chart reviews to verify eligibility and appropriateness. Conducts shared decision-making interactions with potential lung cancer screening enrollees. Organizes and leads in-services to educate and share information about the Lung Cancer Screening Program with clinical staff. Facilitates follow-up referrals to evidence-based smoking cessation care. Optimizes patient-centered care practices through patient education, care management, screening exams, procedures, and clinical appointments. Maintains accountability for following imaging studies and their recommendations. Collects and analyzes program data from a variety of sources. Provides regular communication and reports as needed to the interdisciplinary team. Performs initial and ongoing monitoring and tracking of abnormal images/lung nodules and communicating with providers to ensure that they are alerted to abnormal findings when necessary. The Lung Cancer Screening Clinical Coordinator addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team. Coordinates and expedites care from diagnosis to treatment. Evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of services. Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs. Collects, analyzes, and reports program evaluation data for assessment on the impact of implementing lung cancer screening and to make evidence-based improvements.