Registered Nurse (RN) - Infusion - Multiple Locations - PRN

Mercy Health • Defiance, OH

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About The Position

The Infusion Registered Nurse delivers exceptional nursing care to patients by assessing patient status, implementing clinical nursing interventions, developing and performing patient care plans, and ensuring a safe and therapeutic environment. The role requires a diverse medical skill set and strong organizational and leadership skills.

The nurse conducts initial and ongoing assessments, creates plans of care, implements treatments, and evaluates their effectiveness. Care may restore, support, promote, rehabilitate, or palliate patients to maintain physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability across the lifespan. Duties include administering chemotherapy and other medications, starting IVs, transfusing blood and blood products, and performing therapeutic phlebotomies. The nurse also responds to changing patient conditions, helps create educational growth opportunities for nursing peers, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited associate’s or bachelor’s degree program in nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• ONS Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Certification required within six months of hire.
• BLS Basic Life Support certification must be obtained from an approved source before direct patient care; ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support is acceptable in lieu of BLS.

Nice To Haves

• One year of medical/surgical or oncology experience (preferred, not required).
• BLS certification preferred upon hire.
• EPIC Electronic Health Record training (preferred, not required).

Responsibilities

• Conduct and analyze initial and ongoing patient assessments; create plans of care, implement treatments, and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Provide care to maintain patients’ physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability across the lifespan, including restorative, supportive, promotive, rehabilitative, or palliative care.
• Administer chemotherapy and other medications; start IVs; transfuse blood and blood products; and perform therapeutic phlebotomies.
• Anticipate and respond confidently to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Help create an environment that promotes educational growth opportunities for nursing peers.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses, and 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage; HSA/FSA options; life insurance; mental health resources; and discounts.
• Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, and backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance, professional development, and continuing education support.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree