RN Cancer Infusion Center
About The Position
Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director and is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN uses communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making to create an individualized care plan based on each patient’s physiological, psychosocial, and cultural needs. The role includes supervising and delegating to non-professional personnel working directly with the RN to support optimum patient care, and demonstrating competence in addressing the age-related needs of the patient populations served by the nursing unit. Working under leadership and alongside a multidisciplinary team, the RN provides comprehensive services and clinical care in accordance with Riverside Health System standards of excellence, facility goals, and strategic plans. The position focuses on quality outcomes, safe care transitions, patient and family education, coordination of care, and accurate clinical and quality documentation.
Requirements
- Nursing diploma, Associate’s degree in Nursing, or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing; a nursing diploma is the minimum education requirement, and an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is accepted in lieu of a nursing diploma.
- High school diploma or GED is required only for nursing diploma graduates.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Virginia Department of Health Professions or a compact-state license, required upon hire.
- CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or American Safety and Health Institute, required upon hire.
- Demonstrated competence in meeting the age-related needs of the patient populations served.
- Ability to apply communication, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills to patient care.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Associate’s degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ clinical and psychosocial needs using standards of practice for the specialty or patient population.
- Demonstrate nursing-unit-specific competencies and equipment training.
- Partner with patients and families to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care, treatments, and procedures that support physiological and psychosocial outcomes.
- Apply evidence-based standards of practice and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate care.
- Facilitate safe patient transitions to the next level of care as part of the care plan.
- Support timely patient throughput and provide consistent, competent, and ethical care.
- Focus on quality outcomes and evidence-based care when addressing patient service needs.
- Adapt education methods to support patient and family understanding.
- Coordinate and provide individualized patient education and discharge-specific education to families and caregivers; evaluate comprehension and document it.
- Complete required clinical and quality documentation in accordance with Riverside Health System standards and regulatory requirements.
- Delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to support quality patient care and service excellence.
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations.
- Evaluate needed resources and support, and use available systems to ensure needs are met.
- Supervise and delegate to non-professional personnel working directly with the RN.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
