Registered Nurse III - Cancer Center Infusion - 12 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Beverly Hills, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Would you like to be part of an organization that is committed to delivering the highest quality of medical care to our patients? Do you have a passion for using your nursing skills in a state-of-the-art clinical environment? Cedars Sinai offers the most appropriate and current diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in an honest, encouraging, supportive and compassionate manner. As a Clinical Nurse III, you will deliver direct care to assigned adult and or pediatric patients in an ambulatory setting. Nursing care is delivered using standards of care by following approved policies and procedures.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program required
Current, unrestricted California RN License required
BLS certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required
OCN certification required or willing to obtain within one year from start date
A minimum of 3 years of acute care nursing experience required

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
ONS Chemo Bio certification preferred
Chemotherapy infusion experience strongly desired
Oncology nursing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Administer Chemotherapy and other Oncology Infusion Treatments
Assesses appropriately patient care needs and learning needs in routine adult and geriatric populations.
Uses new knowledge in routine and less complex patient situations.
Demonstrates advanced assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.
Prioritizes identified patient care problems within assigned patients and assumes responsibility for problem resolution, utilizing all resources as appropriate
Plans patient care and education based on disease process, anticipated patient outcomes, complications of treatment, and psycho-social needs in collaboration with team members
Utilizes effective time management to complete all assignments in a timely manner to ensure safety of patients
Demonstrates competency in use of technical skills as required (i.e., IV therapy equipment utilization, universal precautions, body mechanics)
Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) monitoring to maintain or improve care of designated patient population
When assigned charge nurse responsibility, coordinates unit activity throughout the shift, including the authorization of incidental overtime, initiates chain of command as appropriate.