Registered Nurse - Infusion Center

Trinity Health

20h • Onsite

About The Position

This position will serve to support our affiliation with Roswell Park Cancer Care. Located at the Main Hospital Campus, the Registered Nurse will work Monday - Friday from 7:30am-4pm. The role involves planning and providing nursing interventions for individuals with cancer and cancer-related health care problems, treating human responses to actual or potential health problems through patient care, health teaching, and health counseling, and executing medical regimens prescribed by a physician or other licensed health care provider authorized by the state of New York. The position offers a shared governance model, fostering an open-door guiding principle for nurses, strong professional relationships with the care team, a robust orientation program for advancement, and regular schedules to promote work/life balance.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Current licensure in the State of New York
• Maintains current BLS/CPR certification.
• Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise.
• Completes and maintains certification for the Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Course
• Acquires and/or maintains the necessary education and skills required to address competencies
• Attends/completes required mandatory in-services on an annual basis
• Attends education programs offered which have relevance to the special needs of assigned patient population, new products, equipment, policies/procedures, and clinical care
• Enhances professional growth and development by participating in educational programs, reading current literature, and participating in in-service meetings and workshops
• Attends meetings as required.

Nice To Haves

• Oncology/Chemo experience preferred.
• OCN Certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Administer chemotherapy agents, pre-medications and non-oncology infusions
• Assess lab results and vital signs
• Obtain vascular access via Peripheral IV, A-port or PICC line
• Patient education on discharge/post treatment
• Tumor and registry entry
• Patient tracking for oral chemo and Mediport maintenance
• Monitor and evaluate patients throughout infusion
• Complete treatment plans
• Phone triage
• Adheres to all the regulatory requirements and professional standards such as ONS as applicable to the specific area of nursing practice
• Performs nursing assessment that includes the holistic needs of each patient with consideration of his/her physiological, psychological, social, ethnic, cultural, educational and spiritual strengths and needs.
• Includes the patient and family and/or support system in the planning and delivery of care
• Ensures that patient safety is a priority goal in the delivery of healthcare
• Provides direct patient care activities with other professional disciplines to ensure that the plan of nursing intervention is consistent with and integrated with the total treatment plan
• Administers medications, IV fluids in a safe and efficient manner following established policies and procedures
• Demonstrates knowledge of and indications for dosage, route, action, side effects, contraindications, and adverse reactions of medication
• Provides health education/teaching for patients and their designated significant others
• Confers with nursing staff and other members of the healthcare team regarding condition of patients and/or any unusual events or problems to ensure continuity of care
• Adheres to the RPCI Oncology, PC standard for Employee Conduct
• Protects patient’s privacy, confidentiality, and their rights as health care consumers.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and is compliant with HIPAA regulations.
• Is able to define own level of access for minimum necessary requirements.
• Complies with and is knowledgeable of Institute and department policies/procedures and standards of care
• Completes and maintains certification for the Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Course
• Acquires and/or maintains the necessary education and skills required to address competencies
• Attends/completes required mandatory in-services on an annual basis
• Attends education programs offered which have relevance to the special needs of assigned patient population, new products, equipment, policies/procedures, and clinical care
• Enhances professional growth and development by participating in educational programs, reading current literature, and participating in in-service meetings and workshops
• Attends meetings as required.

Benefits

• Shared Governance: Open door guiding principle gives all our nurses a voice.
• Professional Relationships: Strong rapport with the care team of medical assistants, secretaries, LPN, and physician group.
• Advancement: Strong orientation program.
• Work/Life: Regular schedules to balance your work/life and school calendars.
• Career advancement to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees