Registered Nurse - RN - Pediatric Hematology & Oncology - Children's Specialty Clinic

Sanford Health • Sioux Falls, SD

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About The Position

Sanford Health’s Children’s Specialty Clinic is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Pediatric Hematology and Oncology team. The RN uses the professional nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes and planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide individualized nursing care to infusion patients and patients across the age continuum in the infusion care setting. The position involves age-related assessment and intervention, scheduling tests and interventions according to provider orders, and collaborating with physicians and other interprofessional colleagues to plan, implement, and evaluate care.

The role requires excellent time management and the ability to prioritize patient and practice needs. Nurses may occasionally work in emergent patient care situations requiring critical thinking and prompt assessment. The RN practices within the full scope of nursing expertise and applicable nursing standards, licensure requirements, and department-specific competencies and certifications.

This position is scheduled for 32 hours per week on 8-hour day shifts. The listed salary range is $32.00–$48.00.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
• Hold an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice, or possess multistate licensure if practicing in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
• Obtain and maintain required department-specific licensure, competencies, and certifications.
• Have excellent time management and prioritization skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• Two years of RN experience caring for pediatric patients.
• Hematology and oncology experience.
• Critical-thinking and triage skills.
• Mental flexibility to adapt to a busy clinic day.
• Experience with port access, central lines, IV starts, blood product administration, and chemotherapy or biotherapy administration.
• Ambulatory and/or inpatient Epic experience.
• CPHON certification.
• Comfort traveling by air to serve on outreach clinics.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for infusion patients and patients across the age continuum.
• Perform age-related patient assessments and interventions.
• Schedule tests and interventions according to provider orders.
• Collaborate with physicians and other interprofessional colleagues to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Prioritize patient and practice needs and respond to occasional emergent patient-care situations with critical thinking and prompt assessment.
• Practice within the scope and standards of nursing practice and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree