Oncology Nurse Team Lead

TL;DR

Oncology Nurse Team Lead: Overseeing frontline oncology nurse teams to deliver clinical guidance, manage escalations, and improve operational efficiency with an accent on coaching, performance management, and care coordination. Focus on driving quality improvement, handling urgent clinical consult support, and ensuring effective queue management and targeted support plans.

Company

hirify.global is a tech-native value-based oncology care enabler combining high-touch nurse support with technology and AI.

What you will do

• Oversee and manage one or more frontline oncology nurse teams, ensuring high standards of clinical care and operational efficiency.
• Handle clinical escalations, provide ongoing training, coaching, and mentoring, and drive team productivity and performance.
• Lead team meetings (e.g., weekly huddles) to manage queues, prioritization, and performance; establish targeted support plans.
• Provide clinical expertise for medical, behavioral, and crisis management; support symptom management, nutritional support, discharge coordination, and preventing readmissions.
• Monitor quality and productivity metrics, address issues via performance improvement plans, and support root-cause analyses for knowledge/data/procedure gaps.
• Support culturally competent care, health literacy improvement, and contribute to updating staffing requirements, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Location: Nashville, TN
• BSN required (ADN acceptable; BSN preferred) and a multi-state, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) compact license; willingness to obtain additional state licenses as needed.
• At least 8 years of nursing experience, including 2 years as a people manager in oncology and/or case management.
• Oncology certification: Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN), Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist (AOCNS), or Certified Case Manager (CCM).
• Essential comfort with technology: video chatting, Google Suite, Slack, and electronic health records (or strong willingness to learn new technology).
• Proven leadership/mentorship experience managing hourly staff and high-performing nurse teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven, people-first approach focused on improving cancer care experiences and outcomes.
• Base salary for this role is $103,500, with potential range adjustments based on level and qualifications.
• Total compensation includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities.
• Emphasis on inclusion and challenging the status quo in healthcare.

Hiring process

• Oncology nurse interview loop participation and evaluation of skills, qualities, and experience.
• Assessment of leadership, coaching, clinical escalation handling, and technology comfort.