Registered Nurse, Radiation Oncology

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

13h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is a member of an interdisciplinary care team and provides patient-centric care, with primary responsibility for nursing assessment and diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role serves patients in Radiation Oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. This is a 1.0 FTE position working 40 hours per week. Applicants without previous oncology experience will receive additional training and support.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or current NLC multistate license (MSL); an MSL holder’s primary state of residence must be updated to Washington within 60 days of hire. This requirement may be waived in specific circumstances, subject to approval.
Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card or equivalent course, such as an American Red Cross course; renewal is required every two years.
Additional certification may be required depending on the department.
Critical-thinking ability, including analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge.
Ability to develop clinical judgment.
Time-management skills and ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
Ability to communicate effectively by observing and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening responses, and clarifying responses.
Ability to listen effectively using reflecting, acknowledging, summarizing, empathizing, and paraphrasing skills.
Ability to provide information effectively by checking what the person already knows, giving small amounts of information at a time, using clear terms and avoiding jargon, avoiding unrequested detail, checking for understanding, and pausing for a response.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Two years of nursing experience.

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 the plan of care.
Integrate research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice.

Benefits

Medical and vision coverage
Dental coverage
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 4 weeks)
Potential relocation assistance
Shift differentials and other pay premiums, including for advanced degrees, precepting, and certification