Registered Nurse Oncology- AH Levine Cancer Oncology Clinic Concord

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Concord, NC

8h • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides ongoing care for patients, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, tailored to their age-specific and developmental needs. The role involves assessing educational needs and providing teaching and counseling to patients and their families, integrating health promotion and preventive care. The nurse will assume primary responsibility for caseloads in a specialty area, anticipating and recognizing changes in patient status, and determining care priorities. They will assess patient responses to services and teaching, updating care plans as needed, and communicating with physicians to confirm and update the plan of care, providing regular status updates. The position also requires maintaining accurate clinical and patient records, providing telephone consultation/triage, participating in community education and quality improvement activities, and assisting with staff orientation and education. The nurse is expected to follow agency policies and procedures and continuously advance their knowledge and clinical skills in the specialty area, including pursuing certification. A strong understanding of age-specific care principles and the ability to interpret patient data are essential.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.
• Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 2 years of experience in an acute care nursing that includes experiences in oncology.
• Ability to work independently and make sound judgments.
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (oral and written).
• Ability to multi-task with frequent interruptions.
• Must sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, crawl, kneel, climb, and reach above shoulders throughout the workday.
• Must be able to: lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist.
• lift up to 20 lbs over the head.
• carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance.
• push/pull with 30 lbs of force.
• perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Nice To Haves

• certification as warranted

Responsibilities

• Provides ongoing care (assess, plan, intervention, and evaluation), according to the age specific and developmental needs of the patient.
• Assesses educational needs and provides teaching and counseling to the patient and their family.
• Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care.
• Assumes primary responsibility for caseloads consisting of patients in specialty area.
• Anticipates and recognizes changes in a patient's status and need for care.
• Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs.
• Provides on-going assessment of patient's response to services and teaching and applies interventions as appropriate.
• Updates and revises care plan as needed.
• Communicates with physicians to confirm, correlate, and update patient's plan of care.
• Provides status update to physician on a regular basis.
• Maintains and updates accurate clinical and patient records according to agency, state, and federal guidelines.
• Provides telephone consultation/triage to patient, family, and/or significant others according to protocol and medical group guidelines.
• Participates in community education programs and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Assists in development and implementation of staff orientation and educational activities.
• Follows published agency policies and procedures and regularly monitors changes or additions to them.
• Continually strives to advance knowledge and practice of clinical skills in specialty area including certification as warranted.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

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