Clinical Nurse I: Irvine + Newport Beach Outpatient Treatment Center
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse I – MedSurg provides direct patient care to assigned patients in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. The nurse collaborates with other health care disciplines to deliver safe, timely, appropriate, and high-quality care. Care includes physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and addressing patient teaching and discharge needs. The nurse uses an evidence-based nursing process to meet patient care needs, evaluates and adjusts care as necessary with consultation, and confers with appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas. Other duties may be assigned. The role is at Hoag’s Newport Beach and Irvine Outpatient Cancer Centers and is specifically designed for nurses with at least two years of recent chemotherapy administration experience. Compensation is based on experience.
Requirements
- At least two years of recent chemotherapy administration experience.
- Current, good-standing Registered Nurse license in the State of California.
- Current BLS certification before clinical rotation.
- For oncology infusion, oncology infusion experience is required.
- For oncology infusion, Chemotherapy/biotherapy certification (ONSONCC) is required.
- For oncology roles, ACLS is required upon hire.
- A Chemotherapy & Immunotherapy Provider Card is required to administer chemotherapy.
- For Irvine Medical – Oncology, the ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course is required within 24 months of hire.
- At Magnet-designated facilities, a BSN is required, or a BSN program must be started within one year of hire and the degree attained within two years of starting the program.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
- For non-oncology outpatient infusion, Chemotherapy/biotherapy certification (ONSONCC) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
- Collaborate with other health care disciplines to ensure safe, timely, appropriate, high-quality patient care.
- Perform physical assessments and nursing interventions.
- Provide pain management and administer medications.
- Collect specimens and meet patients’ nutritional needs.
- Address patient teaching and discharge needs.
- Use evidence-based best practices in the nursing process to meet patient care needs.
- Evaluate and adjust the nursing care process as necessary, consulting as needed.
- Consult appropriate resource personnel when making decisions about ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
