RN, Infusion-Oncology Clinic

Shenandoah Medical Center•Shenandoah, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on providing high-quality patient care within an Infusion-Oncology Clinic. The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for coordinating clinic operations, serving as a clinical expert, and advocating for patients. Key aspects include patient education, effective communication with healthcare teams, adherence to safety policies, and maintaining necessary supplies and equipment. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, the ability to prioritize tasks in a dynamic environment, and sound judgment in decision-making. The RN will utilize the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care, administer treatments, and collaborate with healthcare providers to coordinate medical and nursing management. Emergency treatment and documentation are also critical components of this role, alongside promoting patient and staff safety through medication administration, proper procedures, and adherence to safety protocols.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) scope of practice
Proficiency in the nursing process: assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care
Ability to perform complete admission assessments and comprehensive nursing assessments
Skill in conducting full body system analysis
Ability to administer and perform nursing assessments
Competence in developing comprehensive plans of care
Ability to review, discuss, and implement health care provider orders
Skill in recognizing abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition and taking appropriate action
Ability to evaluate patient progress toward desired outcomes
Demonstrates personal accountability in patient care delivery
Proficiency in providing intravenous interventions
Ability to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care
Effective communication skills for collaboration with healthcare providers and team members
Ability to work effectively with ancillary areas
Skill in directing patient support team members
Demonstrates initiative and flexibility in patient care
Ability to inform and involve Manager regarding patient care issues
Assists in making patient assignments, coordinating admissions, and meeting staffing needs
Ability to perform emergency treatment
Skill in initiating or assisting in patient care effectively and responsively
Ability to triage emergency situations appropriately
Competence in administering and performing emergent care
Knowledge of emergency policies, procedures, and protocols
Proficiency in documentation, including accurate and ongoing assessments, interventions, responses, teaching, and discharge status
Ability to perform quality assurance reviews and document findings
Skill in completing patient call-back education calls and documenting
Effective communication and collaboration with health team members
Ability to provide appropriate and specific information to on-call nurse
Ability to report condition changes and plan of care to medical provider
Ability to implement physician orders according to policy
Promotes and ensures patient and staff safety
Ability to administer medications, treatments, and procedures safely
Proficiency in using two patient identifiers
Completes medication reconciliation/regimen review
Utilizes proper body mechanics and transfer/lifting techniques
Implements infectious disease controls, including isolation procedures, hand washing, and glove use
Follows proper procedures for wasting narcotics and disposal of sharps and hazardous materials
Completes documentation of narcotic waste

Responsibilities

Meets or exceeds patient care requirements by coordinating the operations within the Department.
Serves as a clinical expert in the assessment of the patient population.
Serves as a patient advocate.
Demonstrates high skill in patient education.
Communicates with other health care team members and departments to meet patient care requirements.
Monitors adherence to policy and procedure to ensure safety of patients and staff.
Assists in maintaining equipment and outdated supplies for patient care.
Reports malfunctioning equipment to appropriate personnel.
Re-orders supplies as needed.
Keeps management informed of patient care and staff issues.
Problem-solves and makes decisions within areas of accountability by using a well-defined approach to ensure effective and efficient patient care.
Prioritizes tasks; patient scheduling, referrals, staffing, quality or other operational issues in changing environment.
Keeps patient needs in the forefront when evaluating alternatives.
Uses good judgment when making independent decisions.
Negotiates effectively while maintaining positive relationships.
Serves as a resource for staff in solving clinical, regulatory and operations issues.
Listens effectively and processes key information.
Promotes trust with open and effective communication.
Communicates organizational management decisions in a positive manner.
Recognizes impacts of decisions made.
Participates in quality and process improvement initiatives for the department.
Utilizes the nursing process, for the performance of patient care, to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care to achieve prioritized patient outcomes according to the RN scope of practice in collaboration with regulations.
Performs complete admission assessment.
Performs comprehensive nursing assessments in an efficient and effective manner.
Conducts full body system analysis.
Administers and performs nursing assessment in accordance with the applicable patient type.
Develops a comprehensive plan of care according to assessment.
Reviews, discusses and implements health care provider orders appropriately and takes appropriate measures if there are questions.
Recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, establishes priorities and takes appropriate action.
Evaluates patient progress toward desired outcomes prior to discharge or release.
Demonstrates personal accountability in the delivery of patient care in a competent, professional and compassionate manner.
Provides intravenous interventions.
Collaborates with healthcare providers to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care.
Promotes team concept through effective communication regarding patient condition, patient care plan and patient satisfaction with appropriate individuals that are involved in the patient’s care.
Works effectively with ancillary areas as part of the team approach to patient care.
Directs patient support team members effectively and appropriately.
Demonstrates initiative and flexibility in the provision of patient care.
Informs and involves Manager regarding patient care issues in a timely and appropriately manner.
Assists in making patient assignments, coordinating admissions, and meeting staffing needs for patient visits.
Collaborates with the Care Plan team.
Performs emergency treatment as required in accordance with RN scope of practice.
Initiates or assists in patient care in an effective and responsive manner as each situation requires.
Triage each emergency situation appropriately and involves other resources as appropriate.
Administers and performs emergent care in accordance with the applicable patient population type which may range from newborn to geriatrics.
Follows emergency policies, procedures and protocols in an effective manner.
Performs and maintains documentation.
Documents accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status that reflect nursing interventions, patient responses, patient teaching and status of outcomes at discharge.
Performs quality assurance reviews as assigned and documents.
Completes patient call-back education calls and documents as assigned.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, nursing plan of care, patient satisfaction needs and recommendations for meeting identified outcomes.
Provides appropriate and specific information to on-call nurse of patient’s condition, change in plan of care of updated physician orders.
Identifies and recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, established priorities, and takes appropriate action.
Appropriately reports condition changes and plan of care to medical provider and implements physician orders according to policy.
Promotes and ensures patient and staff safety in all aspects of responsibilities.
Administers medications, treatments and procedures in a timely and safe manner according to health care provider orders and nursing policy, including appropriate performance of standard precautions, using two patient identifiers, and completes the medication reconciliation/regimen review with each patient visit and during interdisciplinary team meetings.
Communicates any updates/changes to the medications to the medical provider.
Utilizes proper body mechanics; transfer/lifting techniques to minimize fall risk to patient and injury to self.
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate including isolation procedures, proper use of hand washing and gloves.
Follows proper procedures for wasting narcotics and disposal of sharps and hazardous materials according to policy.
Completes documentation of narcotic waste.
Performs other duties as assigned.