Non-Bedside Registered Nurse (RN): Oncology

Trinity Health

1d•Onsite

About The Position

MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides expert health care to eight counties, offering excellent, personalized care close to home. With three medical centers providing 24-hour emergency lifesaving care, MercyOne is a significant employer in Northeast Iowa with over 2,500 colleagues. The MercyOne Waterloo Cancer Center is a comprehensive, accredited, and multidisciplinary cancer treatment center that has been serving the area for over 25 years. It was the first facility in Iowa to combine radiation and chemotherapy treatment with full support services in one location. This role is for a Clinic RN in the MercyOne Waterloo Cancer Care Clinic. As a Non-Bedside RN, you will utilize theory-based practice and critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate outcome-based care for Oncology and Hematology patients. You will facilitate communication with physicians, patients, families, and other team members, adhering to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare’s performance expectations and values.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Associates required
Current Iowa RN license.
BLS.
Mandatory Reporter.
High language, intermediate math, high reasoning ability.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
Oncology Certified Nurse achieve within 18 months of hire
Minimum of 1 year clinic experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Conducts an initial and ongoing assessment to gather and analyze data.
Completes initial assessment in accordance with policy.
Completes ongoing assessments based on patient’s individual needs and/or unit specific time frames.
Identifies patient short and long-term goals and develops them into an outcome based plan of care.
Analyzes data collected from other health team members and assessment to develop an outcome-based plan of care.
Implements an outcome based plan of care.
Coordinates plan of care with other services (Social Workers, Dietary, Spiritual Care, Case Managers, Counselors etc.).
Prioritizes work, taking into account the needs of patients, own department and other departments.
Collaborates with other health team members to assess appropriateness of level of care and utilization of resources.
Coordinates care with a team approach.
Implements plan of care including procedures, treatments, physicians orders, nursing orders, education plan and medications.
Initiates and manages IV therapy.
Prepares chemotherapy and administers medication utilizing the five rights.
Manages patient pain in accordance with policy.
Monitors and provides skin and wound care.
Monitors fluid and electrolytes and intervenes appropriately.
Evaluates patient response to treatments and modifies the outcome based plan.
Evaluates patient response to interventions and progress towards planned outcomes.
Identifies changes in patient condition.
Modifies plan of care based on ongoing assessments.
Communicates relevant clinical information to optimize patient outcomes.
Reports patient status and pertinent information to physician and other health team members.
Receives and notes physician orders.
Educates patient and family to meet identified needs.
Assesses patient/family learning needs, barriers to learning and learning readiness.
Develops an educational plan to meet identified needs.
Implements educational plan including procedures, treatments, physician orders and medications.
Evaluates patient and family response to educational interventions.
Modifies educational plan based on ongoing assessment.
Documents patient and family teaching in accordance with policy.