Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Oncology, Part Time

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

About The Position

The Medical Oncology Clinic seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to provide phone triage and hands-on patient care, including duties such as wound care, patient education, care coordination, and phone triage. The clinic provides patient care Monday through Friday, with no night, weekend, or holiday shift requirements. The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization. The role involves autonomous practice guided by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist, and transferor. The Clinical Nurse uses the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and continuously monitors and evaluates practice to promote safe patient care in the best interests of the populations served. The position is part time at 20 hours per week. The employer describes a research-focused academic medical center and highlights nursing shared governance, continuing education and training, a patient safety and training simulation center, loan repayment, relocation assistance, tuition reimbursement, and an earned-time plan.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate required upon hire.
Experienced Registered Nurse; no specific number of years is stated.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide phone triage and hands-on patient care in the Medical Oncology Clinic.
Provide wound care, patient education, care coordination, and phone triage as needed.
Use the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized plans of care.
Use critical thinking to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, modify care plans, and escalate concerns to the care team as appropriate.
Advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent, and help patients and families express self-determination.
Seek feedback and act to improve performance; participate in the governance of practice.
Manage interpersonal relationships and mentor colleagues to advance nursing practice and the profession.
Take accountability for nursing care and delegate care appropriately in accordance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Prioritize and organize time to optimize patient outcomes.
Seek and apply current evidence and standards in daily practice.
Contribute to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
Communicate effectively across practice settings and partner with others to produce positive outcomes through knowledge exchange.
Precept student nurses, nurse externs, nurse residents, experienced clinical nurses, and other healthcare team members.
Perform other duties as required or assigned.