Registered Nurse - Oncology Chemo Certified

Registered Nurse/Oncology Chemo Certified

Location: Winston Salem, NC

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 3 months
• Pay Rate: $64.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: 8-Hour Days; Monday - Friday, 08:00-16:30
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

This is a Transplant Coordinator / Oncology RN role within a Peripheral Blood Transplant Cellular Therapy program. Transplant Coordinators have patient cases that they follow from candidate identification through the workup/evaluation, cell harvest, and cellular therapy infusion or cell transplant. The patients are in different phases of this process, and a coordinator could have an assignment of 8 patients at one time. Coordinators meet with patients several times and schedule all their appointments according to a required timeline, but there is not a daily census or visits per day. Daily census could be 8, but visits could be maybe 20 if you are counting all the interactions with all parties on behalf of and including the patient. Coordinators attend meetings with doctors and other staff throughout the week. Coordinators must be organized and able to work autonomously. Primary patient diagnoses include hematologic malignancies . Unit systems include Pyxis and EPIC.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate all patient care needs before, during, and after transplantation
• Schedule and track pre- and post-transplant testing
• Follow patient cases from candidate identification through workup/evaluation, cell harvest, and cellular therapy infusion or cell transplant
• Meet with patients several times and schedule all appointments according to a required timeline
• Attend meetings with doctors and other staff throughout the week
• Monitor vital signs, weight, fluid balance, and graft function
• Review and interpret relevant diagnostic and laboratory data
• Interpret lab results and diagnostic tests related to transplant
• Review medical history of potential/actual donors
• Collaborate with transplant team
• Maintain patient confidentiality/HIPAA compliance
• Provide patient/family education
• Adhere to transplant center protocols
• Apply universal precautions
• Apply waitlist criteria
• Understand and support post-transplant health maintenance and long-term care

Required Skills

Work Setting Skills:

• Acute Hospital & Outpatient Clinic experience required

Pre-Transplant / Candidate Skills:

• Pre-transplant evaluation and assessment

Clinical Assessment Skills:

• Interpretation of lab results and diagnostic tests related to transplant
• Medical history of potential/actual donors
• Monitors vital signs, weight, fluid balance, and graft function
• Reviews and interprets relevant diagnostic and laboratory data

Professional Knowledge Skills:

• Coordinate all patient care needs before, during, and after transplantation
• Patient Confidentiality/HIPAA
• Patient/Family Education
• Schedules and tracks pre- and post-transplant testing
• Transplant center protocols
• Transplant team collaboration
• Understanding of post-transplant health maintenance and long-term care
• Universal precautions
• Waitlist criteria

Experience Requirements:

• Hematology/Oncology experience - REQUIRED
• Navigator/Case Manager experience - REQUIRED
• Minimum 3 years of experience required

Preferred Skills

Pre-Transplant / Candidate Skills:

• Absolute contraindications to transplant
• Assists with organ offers, acceptance, and recipient preparation
• Organ allocation process
• Relative contraindications to transplant

Post-Transplant / Recipient Skills:

• Coordinates post-transplant care with team
• Monitors post-transplant patient progress
• Offers psychosocial support and education on lifestyle adjustments to patient and family
• Teaches medication adherence and post-op care plans

Clinical Assessment Skills:

• Familiarity with organ-specific diseases (e.g., ESRD, cirrhosis, heart failure)
• Identifies signs/symptoms of transplant complications (infection, rejection, etc.)
• Performs comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments
• Recognition and management of transplant complications (infection, rejection, etc.)

Medication Administration Skills:

• Coordinates medication adjustments post-transplant with provider
• Reviews pre-transplant medication regimens for contraindications
• Teaches medication adherence and self-administration
• Understanding of pharmacology relevant to transplant patients

Regulatory & Administrative Compliance Skills:

• Tracks patient outcomes and reports per regulatory standards

Professional Knowledge Skills:

• Assisting with scheduling of the OR

Preferred Certifications:

• Chemo certification (ONS/ONCC) preferred

Education Requirements

• BLS certification required
• Chemo certification (ONS/ONCC) preferred
• First-time travelers accepted

Required Experience

• Minimum 3 years of nursing experience required
• Hematology/Oncology experience - REQUIRED
• Navigator/Case Manager experience - REQUIRED

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Call Requirement: None
• Float Requirement: None
• Weekend Requirement: None
• Scheduling Type: Per the Clinic Needs
• Unit Orientation: 40 hours basic, with ongoing orientation throughout assignment
• Scrubs: Not provided
• Flu vaccination required (medical/religious exemptions only)

Important Notes

• RTO after booking is NOT allowed and is NOT allowed to be worked out onsite. Any call-offs or additional RTO on unit could possibly result in a contract cancellation and DNR.
• Manager WILL NOT extend an offer without speaking to/interviewing the candidate first. Please provide candidate interview availability for the next 72 hours when submitting to avoid delays in the approval process.

About the Client

This healthcare organization operates a specialized Cellular Therapy and Oncology clinic within a regional hospital network in the Southeast United States. The facility supports complex hematologic malignancy patients across multiple care phases - from pre-transplant evaluation through post-transplant follow-up - and employs registered nurses, transplant coordinators, oncology specialists, and clinical support staff who collaborate in multidisciplinary teams. The program manages a defined patient panel and requires clinical professionals with highly specialized transplant and oncology expertise.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-08761

Industry: Healthcare