Nursing at Rutgers Cancer Institute

The Advanced Practice Nurse participates in a collegial relationship with the physicians, nurses and other health care professionals. This position performs in an expanded nursing role by providing primary care to patients, which includes taking histories, making assessments, ordering lab tests, reviewing and reporting diagnostic lab values.

In accordance with professional nursing standards, the Staff Nurse skillfully administers total patient care based on the individualized needs of assigned patients and families.

The primary purpose of the Nurse Clinician (Treatment) position is to provide direct care to a specified group of patients in the ambulatory setting. The Nurse Clinician works collaboratively with all members of the health care team to ensure patients receive efficient, safe and high quality care. The scope of the position is defined by the Nurse Practice Act of the State of New Jersey and the standard Operating Procedures set forth by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The Nurse Clinician (Clinic) provides clinical coordination and ensures continuity of care to a specified group of patients in the ambulatory setting. In collaboration with other members of the Unit, is responsible for ensuring that high quality, comprehensive services are delivered to patients. The scope of the position is defined by the Nurse Practice Act of the State of New Jersey, and the Standard Operating Procedures set forth by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

The primary purpose of the Research Nurse Clinician (RNC) is to ensure successful, patient-oriented, safe and effective conduct of clinical trials at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The Research Nurse Clinician assists investigators to prepare and implement new clinical trials, screens and enrolls study participants, and provides protocol-related clinical management to those participants while on study. Serves as a resource to other Cancer Institute faculty and staff on available protocols, and general research topics such as FDA, IRB and GCP regulations.

A nurse navigator is a health care professional whose clinical expertise and training guides patients and their caregivers to make informed decisions, collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to allow for timely cancer diagnosis, and treatment, and provides increased supportive care throughout their cancer journey.

A radiation oncology clinical coordinator participates in all assigned patient care activities with the attending physician and coordinates the delivery of care. They assist in communications with patients, triaging patients and patient issues, symptom management, and teaching patients regarding their disease, process and treatment, and are responsible for evaluating, planning and delivering nursing care to meet individualized patient needs. They also collaborate with the care team, utilizing clinical outcome data to support the innovative and cost-effective changes to practice and the service line, and improving patient flow by reducing the time the patient waits in clinic.