Clinical Coordinator- Medical Oncology/Gyne 13 Prentice North Full Time Nights
Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you were both carrying patients and running the shift, and something went wrong. How did you manage both?
What they are checking: How they hold the charge role and bedside care together without dropping either under pressure.
Describe how you support a family when a patient is dying overnight on your unit.
What they are checking: Whether they can lead compassionate end-of-life care and also support the nurse carrying that patient.
Tell me about a time you had to give a peer hard feedback about patient care during a shift.
What they are checking: Whether they can correct practice directly and kindly in the moment, which is central to the coordinator role.
Tell me about an initiative or committee you led that changed something on your unit.
What they are checking: Whether they have led improvement among peers rather than only following existing routines.
What would you do
How do you make the night assignment on a med onc and gyne unit when you have a chemo infusion running, a fresh post-op hysterectomy, and a patient on comfort care?
What they are checking: Whether they balance very different kinds of acuity and emotional load when spreading patients across nurses.
A nurse on your shift has never given a particular chemotherapy before and it's due within the hour. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they respect chemo competency rules and find a safe solution instead of letting someone wing it.
You're short a nurse and the house supervisor wants you to take another admission. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can advocate for safe staffing with specifics while still helping the hospital manage capacity.
About the work
A neutropenic patient spikes a fever of 38.5 at 3 a.m. Walk me through what should happen and how fast.
What they are checking: Whether they treat neutropenic fever as an emergency with cultures and antibiotics on a tight timeline.
What would make you call a rapid response on an oncology patient who seems only a little off?
What they are checking: Whether they know subtle signs of sepsis, tumor lysis, or bleeding in oncology patients and act on them early.
How do you handle a chemo spill or a breach in hazardous drug handling on your unit?
What they are checking: Whether they know safe handling and spill procedures that protect staff as well as patients.
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