Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Oncology

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics is a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The region offers beautiful rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, numerous lakes, hiking trails, and skiing opportunities, promoting a high quality of life. The Dartmouth Health system spans New Hampshire and Vermont, providing a quintessential New England experience with no income or sales tax. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children’s, member hospitals, and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. Its proximity to destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country offers both career and personal opportunities.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
Engages in the governance of practice.
Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Benefits

loan repayment up to $20,000
Relocation Assistance
Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home
generous tuition reimbursement
very popular "earned time" plan
extensive CEU/Training programs
8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art
shared governance nursing model
rigorous, research-focused environment
Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.