Oncology Registered Nurse
About The Position
The Registered Nurse delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role involves making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing patient care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The nurse uses keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include monitoring patients and recognizing acute changes or critical results; administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions and regimens; managing rapidly changing situations; organizing and prioritizing care to meet multiple patient needs; contributing to a healing environment through comfort, advocacy, and respect for human dignity; and assessing patients’ readiness to learn and explaining their conditions and understanding of their illness. CommonSpirit Memorial is a not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization serving Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia. It provides a continuum of care from preventive and primary care to acute hospital services, including cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing.
- Registered Nurse license in Tennessee, required upon hire.
- AHA Basic Life Support (CPR), required upon hire.
- Cancer Chemotherapy Provider certification, required within 12 months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science 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 according to 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 work 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.
- Explain patients’ conditions and their interpretations of their illnesses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
