RN Radiation Oncology Clinic, Part Time , Days
About The Position
UChicago Medicine is hiring a Clinic RN for its Radiation Oncology Unit at the Crown Point Facility. The Clinic RN coordinates diagnostic and therapeutic regimens for a specified group of patients and maintains cohesiveness among clinical research, physicians, and patients. The role coordinates physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff, hospital administration, ancillary and support services, insurance companies, and other departments or agencies as needed. The Nurse Associate also supports activities needed to manage clinical research programs, serves as a liaison between physicians, patients, and families, assists physicians with bedside procedures, and provides clinic patient care alongside the physician as necessary. This is a part-time position at 0.6 FTE on the day shift in Crown Point, Indiana. The position is non-union. UChicago Medicine describes its work as advancing medical innovation and serving community health needs.
Requirements
- Experience working in a community health setting.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
- Active Registered Nurse license in the state of Indiana.
Nice To Haves
- At least two years of experience as a registered nurse in a clinical setting.
- Strong verbal and writing skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to handle a wide variety of public contacts, including conflicts, with patience, tact, courtesy, and discretion.
- Ability to organize a demanding workload.
- Ability to function both autonomously and as part of a team.
- Skill in determining priorities, working independently, and making decisions.
- High degree of initiative and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to exercise judgment, make independent decisions, and assume responsibility.
- Willingness to cooperate with coworkers, supervisors, and physicians to serve patients.
- Flexibility to learn and incorporate new systems and processes.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with composure and poise.
- Ability to handle broad and intricate responsibilities involving complex interrelationships.
- Ability to select pertinent guidelines, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternatives in unprecedented situations.
Responsibilities
- Conduct, respond to, follow up on, and triage patient phone calls to the physician as appropriate.
- Assist physicians in the clinic or procedure area with patient examinations, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic procedures.
- Counsel patients on lifestyle modifications, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions using an appropriate psychosocial communication level.
- Communicate patients’ follow-up appointments, ancillary testing, pre-operative testing, and scheduling needs to clinic coordinators.
- Arrange patient admissions and coordinate the ordering of tests and procedures with fellows, attending physicians, and other nursing staff.
- Support physician coordination of research programs by screening patients for clinical research and outcome programs.
- Maintain office file notes, review charts, enter data for the sectional demographic database, and assist with data summarization and analysis.
- Coordinate physician activities with referring physicians, nursing staff, hospital administration, ancillary and support services, insurance companies, and other departments, sections, and agencies as needed.
- Serve as a liaison among physicians, patients, and families.
- Assist physicians with bedside procedures and provide patient care in the clinic as necessary.
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Job Type
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