Outpatient Nurse Head- Neck Oncology/ENT

As a nurse in the ENT Outpatient Clinic | Head- Neck Surgery, you will work closely with ENT physicians/Head- Neck surgeons, medical assistants, and other healthcare professionals in the outpatient clinic. Together, you will provide high-quality academic (outpatient) patient care to patients with an oncological clinical picture in the head and neck area.

Within this role, you combine nursing care with management and coordination. You are an accessible point of contact for patients and their loved ones, ensuring they feel heard, informed, and supported during what is often an intensive treatment process.

Your duties include

Nursing patient care

• Guiding and informing patients and their loved ones throughout the outpatient treatment process;
• Conducting nursing intake, information, and guidance interviews;
• Answering questions from patients and acting as a fixed point of contact;
• Performing nursing checks within your own expertise;
• Providing support in dealing with the consequences of illness and treatment;
• Providing lifestyle-oriented guidance and support, for example regarding nutrition, exercise, recovery, energy management, and strengthening self-management.

Management and care coordination

As a management nurse, you are responsible for monitoring the care process and supporting patients throughout their treatment process.

You:

• monitors the patient care pathway;
• coordinates appointments, examinations, and follow-up care;
• identifies bottlenecks and takes action where necessary;
• ensures an efficient, patient-centered, and well-organized course of outpatient care;
• actively coordinates with internal and, if necessary, external healthcare providers;
• contributes to improving the quality and continuity of care.

Supporting consultation hours

You support various outpatient consultation hours within head- neck oncology.

This may include:

• preparing and guiding consultation hours;
• assisting with outpatient procedures and flexible endoscopies with or without biopsies;
• guiding patients regarding examinations and treatments;
• guiding patients regarding cannula care;

ensuring a safe, professional, and pleasant course of the consultation hours.

Supporting the daily outpatient clinic

In addition to your nursing duties, you contribute to a well-organized daily operation at the outpatient clinic. Depending on the schedule, you also support tasks that align with the duties of medical assistants, such as:

• preparing consultation hours;
• receiving and guiding patients;
• scheduling follow-up appointments;
• processing administrative data;
• supporting physicians during consultation hours.
• supervising interns.

A new role within the outpatient clinic

Within this position, we are explicitly looking for a nurse who can fulfill the role within the care pathway. You are the connecting factor between the patient, physicians, and other involved healthcare professionals.

We are looking for someone who, through nursing expertise, experience, and commitment, helps further develop the quality and organization of outpatient care.

With your knowledge and dedication, we want to bring patient care within ENT and Head- Neck Oncology to an even higher level. Because this is a new position, this role offers plenty of room for personal development and the opportunity to actively think along with and contribute to the further development and positioning of both the role and the care pathway within the outpatient clinic.

What do you bring?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed nurse who likes to take responsibility and gains energy from complex patient care.

You possess:

• a diploma in MBO or HBO-Nursing;
• a valid BIG registration;
• relevant work experience within hospital care, preferably within a similarly complex patient group;
• strong communication skills and a patient-centered attitude;
• the ability to work independently while simultaneously working closely within a multidisciplinary team;
• organizational talent and the ability to maintain an overview in complex care trajectories;
• interest in quality improvement, innovation, and the further development of outpatient care.

What do we offer you?

• A one-year contract with a view to a permanent contract.
• Classification in salary scale 7M: € 3,171 to € 4,492 gross for a full-time employment (depending on education and experience). In addition, you will receive an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
• Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
• 100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
• Do you come by bike? Make use of our good bicycle scheme.
• Pension accrual at ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium.
• Free and unlimited access to training courses, including GoodHabitz, in our learning environment.
• An active staff association and a Young Amsterdam UMC association, both of which organize fun (sporty) activities and events.