PRN Registered Nurse, Outpatient Infusion

Cardinal Health

117d • $23 - $33

About The Position

The Infusion Nurse at Cardinal Health Nursing is responsible for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care. This role involves examining patients and administering prescribed medications to facilitate healing and increase comfort. Infusion registered nurses are specifically trained to administer treatments such as immunotherapy and chemotherapy at Cancer Care of North Florida. These skilled nurses assess patients, provide education, manage symptoms, manage central venous catheters, and ensure patient safety. This is a PRN opportunity to help cover for planned and unplanned absences.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of RN experience, preferred.
• Associates Degree in Science or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Active FL RN license, in good standing.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, as necessary.
• Inpatient RN experience, preferred.
• Prior experience with administering IVs and accessing ports, preferred.
• Prior infusion experience, preferred.
• No prior oncology experience required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following company and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, Oncology Nursing Society and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel when necessary.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, safe medication administration, mixing, and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Updates and maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a respectful cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

Benefits

• Paid time off in compliance with applicable laws.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees