Oncology Registered Nurse

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role involves making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The RN applies assessment and critical-thinking skills and maintains a patient-first mindset in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include monitoring patients for acute changes and escalating concerns or critical results; administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens; responding to rapidly changing situations; prioritizing and coordinating care for multiple patients; supporting patient comfort, dignity, and advocacy; and assessing patients’ readiness to learn and explaining their conditions and illnesses.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Tennessee upon hire.
• AHA Basic Life Support (CPR) upon hire.
• Cancer Chemotherapy Provider certification within 12 months.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients, detect and recognize acute changes, and escalate concerns or critical results.
• Administer and monitor therapeutic interventions and regimens, including starting and maintaining intravenous therapies and administering medication in accordance with patients’ rights.
• Prevent falls and skin breakdown and follow policies related to safety measures.
• Identify, assess, and anticipate patient needs in rapidly changing situations.
• Prioritize and coordinate care to meet multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
• Contribute to a healing environment by providing comfort and supporting human dignity.
• Serve as a patient advocate and build and maintain a therapeutic environment.
• Assess and evaluate patients’ readiness and ability to learn, and explain their condition and interpretation of their illness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree