Registered Nurse (RN) | Oncology Clinic and Infusion Center

Avera • O'Neill, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families. The RN assesses patient conditions and needs, teaches patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and re-evaluates care objectives as conditions change. This position is based at Avera St. Anthony's Hospital in the Oncology Clinic and Infusion Center and works a regular day shift, Monday through Friday, for 36 hours per week.

The RN plans, coordinates, documents, and evaluates patient care; helps maintain a safe and healthy care environment; and ensures patient-care equipment and supplies are ready and maintained. The role requires an active Registered Nurse license in the state of practice and the ability to perform the essential job functions, with reasonable accommodations where applicable. Avera emphasizes compassionate service, teamwork, confidentiality, safety, and adherence to its mission, values, and applicable standards and regulations.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and effective communication, hearing, understanding, and distinguishing of speech and other sounds.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality, working effectively in a team environment, and complying with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

• Review physician prescriptions and provide patient care in coordination with the healthcare team.
• Communicate the nursing care plan and pertinent information to other healthcare team members, coordinate with other providers, and confer with physicians.
• Obtain medical histories, examine patients, document physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors, and confer with family and friends to develop nursing care plans.
• Develop nursing diagnoses, establish patient-care objectives, and define nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teach patients, families, and friends about conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards and health outcomes, review records, note changing conditions and needs, re-evaluate objectives, and modify care plans.
• Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control policies, medication administration and storage procedures, controlled-substance regulations, organizational policies, and legal requirements; alert others to potential concerns.
• Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
• Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating instructions and procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
• Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
• Apply Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles in service to patients, families, and the community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship and uphold its CARE standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement.
• Maintain confidentiality and work effectively with team members to coordinate workflow and support a productive, efficient environment.
• Comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards, including CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA requirements where applicable.

Benefits

• Position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, with an extra monthly payment of $167 toward loan principal, up to $10,000.
• PTO available on day one for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development through hands-on training and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed