You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

About the Opportunity

The Clinical Trials Nurse Navigator (CTNN) will work with researchers, cancer clinical trials conduct staff, physicians, peers, community colleagues, and others to oversee and coordinate a patient navigation program designed to increase enrollment on cancer clinical trials within BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities.

• The CCTN will participate in hiring, develop and implement training for, and supervise three grant-funded oncology patient navigators.
• The CCTN will partner with the Clinical Trials Advisory Board in the development of a patient navigator program.
• The CCTN will cultivate and sustain strong partnerships with community organizations that serve racially/ethnically diverse populations within MultiCare’s catchment area and coordinate an online patient resource directory to address health related social needs.
• This is a grant-funded position that will run through July 2025.
• The CCTN will work remotely but must have the ability to attend meetings and build relationships onsite at MultiCare Cancer Institute facilities in the Puget Sound Region as well as at community organizations with MultiCare’s Puget Sound catchment.

This position requires:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or obtained within five (5) years from the initial date of hire; RN with 15 years of service may be considered in lieu of education agreement
• Advanced degree in Nursing (MSN, PhD, DNP, ARNP) preferred
• Current Registered Nurse license in Washington State or Multistate License endorsement (MLS)
• OCN, highly desirable
• Three to five (3-5) years of recent clinical experience in area of specialty required
• Demonstrated supervisory experience or prior position in a leadership role
• An intentional commitment to racial and health equity principles
• History of working with racially/ethnically diverse communities
• Demonstrated experience building and leveraging trust among groups with diverse cultural backgrounds and implementing culturally informed care practices
• Knowledge of social/structural determinants of health
• Demonstrated self-direction, motivation, organization, and interpretation of information relating to oncology and cancer clinical trial policies, procedures, and programs.
• Knowledge and expertise in cancer clinical trials
• The ability to design, direct, and implement training plans
• The CTNN will participate in hiring, develop and implement training for, and supervise three grant-funded oncology patient navigators.
• The CTNN will partner with the Clinical Trials Advisory Board in the development of a patient navigator program.
• The CTNN will cultivate and sustain strong partnerships with community organizations that serve racially/ethnically diverse populations within MultiCare’s catchment area and coordinate an online patient resource directory to address health related social needs.
• This is a grant-funded position that will run through July 2025.
• The CTNN will work remotely but must have the ability to attend meetings and build relationships onsite at MultiCare Cancer Institute facilities in the Puget Sound Region as well as at community organizations with MultiCare’s Puget Sound catchment.

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $109,221.00 - $160,597.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Supervisory or leadership: 1 year (Required)
• working with BIPOC communities: 1 year (Required)
• racial and health equity: 1 year (Required)
• cancer clinical trials: 1 year (Required)
• implementing training plans: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Tacoma, WA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person