Registered Nurse - Medical Oncology - Per Diem

Valley Health • Winchester, VA

1d • $34 - $49

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Medical Oncology provides care to the assigned patient population and uses the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management. The role requires quality communication, teamwork, leadership, and professionalism. The nurse directs, coordinates, and implements patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards.

Per diem nurses must complete annual mandatory competencies and any unit-specific competencies identified by the Director or designee. They must also complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities; participating in PI activities and department initiatives; sharing information with the Director or designee and coworkers from unit or hospital committees; and completing a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article. The nurse must maintain a current portfolio and submit it annually by March 1. Responsibilities also include routinely soliciting and validating patient and family satisfaction, participating in unit peer review, and developing an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.

Requirements

• Associate degree in nursing, RN diploma, ASN, or ADN.
• Two years of RN experience.
• RN license or eligibility to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in Virginia, with either a Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state license or a Virginia-only single-state license, in accordance with Virginia Board of Nursing regulations.
• American Heart Association-approved BLS (Basic Life Support) Healthcare Provider certification; new hires must have the appropriate AHA certification before completing orientation.
• Competence in providing care based on cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological stages of human growth and development.
• Competence in providing patient care using the nursing process.
• Reliable means of phone communication with the hospital.
• For an RNA beginning employment as an RN I or promoting to RN I from another Valley Health position: obtain an Eligibility to Test Letter, or interim phone primary-source verification and documentation by Valley Health Nurse Recruitment while awaiting the letter, if a Virginia resident or non-compact-state resident. A resident of a Compact state other than Virginia must first obtain a home-state Compact license with multi-state privileges before commencing RN employment as an RN I.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Relevant specialty certification.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation, and time management.
• Provide care to the assigned patient population.
• Communicate effectively and contribute to teamwork, leadership, and professionalism.
• Direct, coordinate, and implement patient teaching, quality and safety initiatives, and activities of other health team personnel.
• Complete annual mandatory and applicable unit-specific competencies.
• Complete Professional Practice Ladder requirements, including assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities, participating in PI activities and department initiatives, and sharing information from unit or hospital committees.
• Complete a Valley Health-paid education, seminar, conference, workshop, or nursing article and submit a current portfolio to the Director or designee annually by March 1.
• Solicit and validate patient and family satisfaction.
• Participate in peer review for the unit.
• Develop an educational bulletin board or poster for staff, patients, or family members.

Benefits

• Zero-deductible health plan (listed among popular benefits for full-time employees).
• Dental and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off (listed among popular benefits for full-time employees).
• Tuition assistance.
• Retirement savings match.
• Employee assistance program.
• Healthy U incentive-based wellness program.
• Health savings account and flexible spending account for childcare.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Professional development.
• Discounts to on-campus dining.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree