Registered Nurse - Radiation Oncology Per Diem
About The Position
The Staff Registered Nurse: Ambulatory provides individualized, high-quality care in accordance with the Lahey Clinic Professional Practice Model, Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act, ANA standards and code of ethics, and the organization’s values and mission. Under the general supervision of the Administrative Director, in collaboration with the Associate Chief of Ambulatory Nursing Practice, the nurse works with physicians, other healthcare providers, ambulatory support staff, and other disciplines to plan and coordinate patient care. The role addresses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, spiritual, safety, and age-specific needs, and the nurse is accountable for the quality of care and for decisions involving assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse facilitates care coordination across the continuum and maintains current specialty-related technical knowledge while complying with regulatory and accrediting standards. The position involves assessing patients and families, interpreting clinical information, developing and adapting culturally competent plans of care, providing treatments and medications (including blood and blood products), monitoring for acute changes, and educating patients and families. The nurse also contributes to teamwork, clinical leadership, regulatory readiness, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice, while maintaining confidentiality and meeting organizational policies and customer-service expectations. The role is listed as per diem, up to 40 hours per week, on day shift.
Requirements
- Graduate of a state-approved and/or accredited two- to four-year School of Nursing.
- Current Massachusetts Board of Registration license to practice professional nursing.
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
- Two years of acute-care medical-surgical experience.
- Clinical skills and technical knowledge to provide care according to Nursing Policy and Procedures and clinic-specific competencies.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Maintain current knowledge and skills with technical procedures relevant to the nursing specialty.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, organized, high-quality care to assigned patients and families.
- Perform systematic patient and family assessments and record relevant health data.
- Analyze and interpret recorded data and make informed nursing-care judgments.
- Develop culturally competent plans of care that identify problems, expected outcomes, and preventative measures, while respecting patients’ and families’ religious, spiritual, ethnic, and cultural values.
- Deliver age-appropriate care.
- Use listening skills and clinical judgment to assess callers’ signs and symptoms by telephone.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care and adapt the plan based on patient and family responses.
- Provide appropriate physical care, including activities of daily living, positioning, transporting, and treatments.
- Use and transport equipment; monitor patients for acute changes and intervene appropriately.
- Administer medications, including blood and blood products.
- Establish professional relationships with patients, families, nurses, physicians, and other colleagues, making patients and families partners in care.
- Educate patients and families about illness, treatment, and appropriate preventative measures.
- Support Lahey Clinic community-based activities.
- Collaborate, cooperate, and communicate with healthcare providers to ensure quality and continuity of care.
- Adhere to unit policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and the ANA Code of Ethics; act as a responsive team member, teacher, and patient advocate.
- Fulfill regulatory compliance and readiness responsibilities and maintain ACLS certification as required by departmental standards.
- Uphold nursing quality standards, pursue lifelong learning, and demonstrate evidence-based practice.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with organizational policies, behavioral expectations, and customer-service standards.
- Participate in quality-improvement activities and complete mandatory education.
- Perform other duties as needed or directed to meet departmental needs.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
