Registered Nurse - Infusion - 0.5 FTE Weekends-Only

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is a member of an interdisciplinary care team and provides patient-centered care, with primary responsibility for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Infusion RN assesses patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs; develops and adjusts plans of care; provides education to patients and caregivers; coordinates continuity of care with the interdisciplinary team; and incorporates research and evidence-based knowledge into practice. Infusion-specific duties include reviewing relevant laboratory results, assessing pain and other symptoms, and administering IV hydration, electrolyte replacement, chemotherapy or biotherapy, and blood products. The RN follows precautions and procedures for handling and disposing of hazardous drugs and related materials. The role also includes assessing patient and caregiver learning needs, ensuring patients know how to contact the clinic and when to report symptoms, escalating concerns to providers, and coordinating supportive care consultations as needed. Participation in continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives is expected. This is a 0.5 FTE weekend position at the South Lake Union location. Regular shifts are Saturday and Sunday, 7:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. The first two weeks require weekday availability, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for onboarding. Additional departmental training may be required for up to six weeks.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Hold a current Washington State Registered Nurse Multistate License (MSL), or a current MSL from another state and the ability to update it to Washington as the Primary State of Residence within 60 days of hire. This requirement may be waived in specific circumstances, subject to approval.
Hold a current BLS AHA Health Provider Card or equivalent course, such as American Red Cross; renewal is required every two years.
Obtain an ONS Chemotherapy Provider Card within three months of hire.
Additional certification may be required depending on the department.
Demonstrate critical-thinking skills, including analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
Ability to develop clinical judgment.
Demonstrate time-management skills and the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
Communicate effectively by observing and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening responses, and clarifying responses.
Listen effectively using reflection, acknowledgment, summarizing, empathy, and paraphrasing.
Provide information effectively by assessing what the person already knows, giving small amounts of information in clear terms, avoiding jargon and unnecessary detail, checking understanding, and pausing for a response.
Work Saturday and Sunday shifts; weekday availability Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., is required for the first two onboarding weeks.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Two years of nursing experience.
Certification in oncology or a specialty practice area.
Two years of RN oncology experience in an ambulatory infusion setting.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluate their adaptation to health changes.
Develop a plan of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and response to treatment.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, treatment, side effects, and symptom management.
Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
Refer patients, families, and caregivers to appropriate clinical resources and professionals, such as social work, home health care, and clinical nutrition.
Implement, evaluate, and modify plans of care.
Integrate research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice.
Demonstrate knowledge of standard treatments and medication side effects.
Conduct nursing assessments, review relevant laboratory results, and assess pain and other symptoms.
Administer IV hydration, electrolyte replacement, chemotherapy or biotherapy, and blood products.
Use appropriate precautions when handling potentially hazardous agents and follow procedures for safe disposal of materials used in administering chemotherapy, other hazardous agents, and blood products.
Provide patient and family education in coordination with treatment and care plans; assess patient and caregiver learning needs.
Ensure patients have clinic contact information and understand when to call about symptoms arising or persisting after infusion therapy.
Communicate or escalate patient symptoms and concerns to providers as needed.
Collaborate with the care team to provide effective and efficient patient care.
Request consultation from social work, dietitians, spiritual care, or other supportive care teams when indicated.
Participate in continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Medical and vision coverage
Dental insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability coverage
Retirement benefits
Family life support
Employee assistance program
Onsite health clinic
Tuition reimbursement
Paid vacation: 12–22 days per year
Paid sick leave: 12–25 days per year
Paid holidays: 13 days per year
Paid parental leave: up to four weeks
Potential relocation assistance
Shift differentials and other pay premiums, including for advanced degrees, precepting, and certification