BMC Oncology Infusion Nurse (Intrastaff)

Intrastaff•Baltimore, MD

4d•$60

About The Position

Johns Hopkins Intrastaff is the internal staffing agency for the Johns Hopkins Health System and partner hospitals, providing temporary support to a variety of Johns Hopkins locations. Our employees are the strength of our service. Intrastaff is unique because it's one of the very few agencies where a person has the benefit of being a temporary employee and also feels like a member of a large organization. Working at Hopkins means joining a culturally diverse team that includes some of the best nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals in the world. Directly or indirectly, you'll have exposure to cutting-edge technology and groundbreaking medical research. The RN provides safe, high-quality nursing care to oncology and non-oncology patients in a fast-paced ambulatory infusion setting.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years RN experience
Chemotherapy experience
BLS certification
Chemotherapy certification (e.g., OCN)
Peripheral IV insertion and blood draws
Access, maintenance, and de-access of central lines (PICC, ports, CVCs)
Comprehensive patient assessment
Management of infusion reactions and urgent clinical changes
Patient and caregiver education

Nice To Haves

Ambulatory infusion experience
Epic experience
Travel nursing experience

Responsibilities

Facilitating and coordinating programs that may include hospital inpatients, outpatients, families, community, and employees of both the hospital and the university by providing evidence-based care based on the nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Providing direction to/management of other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.
Working collaboratively with and providing leadership for a multidisciplinary health care team to support program initiatives that support quality, safety, and excellence in care.
Participating in promoting and identifying quality improvement initiatives (clinical, financial, operational) that support, protects and promotes area of specialty.
Initiating and participating in the research activities relevant to the specialty area.
Implementing initiatives in the area of specialty as directed by nursing and medical leadership.
Fostering a clinical environment of service excellence.
Administration of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologics, blood products, and supportive therapies
Continuous patient monitoring
Rapid response to infusion reactions and emergent situations
Ongoing patient education