Weekend Outpatient Specialty Registered Nurse (RN): Oncology

Trinity Health • Mason City, IA

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About The Position

MercyOne North Iowa is hiring an Outpatient Specialty Registered Nurse for its Cancer Center. The nurse is accountable for delivering care through the nursing process and directing patient and family education. The role cares for oncology, hematology, and related patients in Medical Oncology while maintaining professional nursing standards and practicing within the Mercy Medical Center–North Iowa professional nursing practice plan.

The schedule is Saturday and Sunday, with 12-hour shifts; the position is paid as full-time, 36 hours per week. The RN covers infusion services on weekends and on any holiday that falls on a weekend. A sign-on bonus of $10,000–$20,000, based on experience, is available with a two-year commitment and a payout schedule of 25% at hire, 25% at one year, and 50% at two years.

Requirements

• Current RN license in the state of Iowa.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or graduation from an RN program.
• Complete and pass the Oncology Nursing Society Cancer Basics and Chemotherapy Biotherapy: Fundamentals of Administration courses after nine months of employment.
• Successfully complete the ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy Certificate course and renew it every two years.

Nice To Haves

• Strongly preferred: OCN certification within two years of employment.
• Preferred: At least four years of experience in a health care setting, including inpatient, outpatient, home care, hospice, or clinic experience; transferable skills or knowledge valuable to the Cancer Center are relevant.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care using the nursing process and evaluate patient and family responses to nursing interventions.
• Assess patients’ physical and psychosocial needs, identify complex needs, and guide care using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.
• Triage patient phone calls, assess the level of care needed, and refer to physicians or provide nursing interventions as indicated.
• Assist physicians and midlevel providers with consultations, examinations, procedures, follow-ups, and treatments.
• Assess patient and family learning needs and develop and initiate teaching plans.
• Educate patients and families about oral and parenteral antineoplastic therapy administration, safe handling, adherence, and side-effect management.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
• Support technology and process changes, participate in problem-solving and process improvement, and contribute to the department’s Culture of Safety/Engagement Action Plan.
• Promote positive working relationships and effective communication with coworkers, medical staff, and other departments; assist colleagues and adapt to job responsibilities as needed.
• Support the department budget by managing work hours, flexing and staffing to volumes, minimizing overtime, using supplies appropriately, and reducing workflow waste.
• Attend and participate in department staff and committee meetings.
• Provide competent care by gathering and interpreting data, making appropriate decisions based on age-specific growth and development, and adapting procedures and treatments.
• Follow MercyOne guiding behaviors, mission, philosophy, values, confidentiality requirements, HIPAA regulations, and medical center, departmental, and safety policies; identify workplace safety concerns.
• Participate in activities that promote patient care, nursing development, and professional growth; develop or review departmental policies, procedures, and nursing standards.
• Complete personal and professional development activities and participate in medical center or departmental education programs.
• Perform other responsibilities as requested by the director, supervisor, manager, or department head.
• Cover weekend infusion services and any holiday infusion services that fall on a weekend.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a full benefits package.
• Opportunity for growth throughout the health system.
• Sign-on bonus of $10,000–$20,000 based on experience, with a two-year commitment and staged payout.

What This Job Offers

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