Clinical Nurse (RN), Oncology Multi-Specialty

Stanford Health Care•Pleasanton, CA

2d•$96 - $111

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a registered nurse providing hands-on, evidence-based patient care within the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The nurse performs all steps of the nursing process, including assessing patients, interpreting data, planning, implementing, and evaluating care, coordinating with other providers, and teaching patients and families how to manage care and prevent complications. The Clinical Nurse partners with families to provide family-centered care and monitors the quality of nursing care. The nurse is responsible for professional development, including maintaining licensure, Basic Life Support certification, and current knowledge of the assigned patient population, and contributes to the nursing profession by teaching and sharing expertise. This Cancer Network Nurse Coordinator role supports Oncology clinics at the Cancer Center, Pleasanton, Castro Valley, and Emeryville. It uses independent decision-making to design, implement, coordinate, and evaluate comprehensive nursing care and education for a specified patient population, clinic, and other care providers. The nurse collaborates to ensure continuity of care and coordinate patient services, and applies performance-improvement methods to develop data-collection systems and identify opportunities to improve patient care and service. The role establishes therapeutic relationships; obtains and interprets assessment data; develops and implements individualized interventions; teaches patients, families, and staff; responds to rapidly changing situations and activates emergency protocols as needed; monitors safe, compliant, high-quality care; prioritizes and delegates work appropriately; contributes to team building and staff development; and maintains professional practice standards. The position is an eight-hour day shift. The job classification is represented by CRONA. ACLS certification may be required by the position's cost center; the posting directs candidates to AskHR for the complete list of cost centers requiring it.

Requirements

Two years of progressively responsible and directly related RN work experience.
California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Ability to communicate effectively in English.
Frequent physical exertion, including lifting patients and equipment, bending, stooping, and walking.
Work involves exposure risks such as contagious disease, radiation, or infection and may involve emotionally disturbed patients; routine precautions and protective clothing or gear may be required.
Category I blood-borne pathogen tasks involving exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university preferred.
Two years of oncology experience preferred.
Two years of surgical experience preferred.
Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, supporting comfort, emotional needs, information needs, recovery, and care aligned with patient goals and culture.
Encourage patients to use their strengths and abilities to participate in recovery and control over their care plans.
Collect and interpret relevant assessment data, identify nursing diagnoses, and monitor patient status according to stability and clinical need.
Collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare team members to develop individualized plans of care; safely implement interventions and evaluate their effectiveness and adverse effects.
Assess patient and family learning needs and readiness, and teach self-care and illness-prevention information tailored to individual circumstances.
Teach other staff members through informal instruction or formal roles such as preceptor or super-user.
Recognize rapidly changing clinical situations and respond promptly and appropriately, including activating emergency protocols when needed.
Monitor personal practice and assist in monitoring others for patient and employee safety and compliance with standards and policies; identify opportunities for improvement.
Set priorities, delegate tasks appropriately, integrate competing work expectations, and seek assistance as needed.
Contribute to team building, unit programs and meetings, positive morale, and constructive conflict resolution.
Learn and use available technology for communication, documentation, and clinical information retrieval.
Contribute to nursing staff knowledge and skills through teaching, Shared Governance participation, professional publications, or presentations.
Maintain current nursing knowledge and competence, pursue lifelong learning, and evaluate practice against professional standards, guidelines, laws, and regulations.
Coordinate comprehensive nursing care, education, continuity of care, and patient services for the specified oncology patient population and clinics.
Use performance-improvement methodology to design data-collection processes and identify opportunities to improve care and service.