RN Infusion - Maple Grove Oncology & Infusion Clinic

Fairview Health Services•Maple Grove, MN

About The Position

Fairview has an immediate opening for an Infusion RN at the Maple Grove Oncology & Infusion Clinic in Maple Grove, Minnesota. This is a 0.95 FTE position, equivalent to 75 hours per two-week pay period, and is benefits eligible. The schedule is a variable day shift, typically 7:30 AM–5:00 PM or 7:00 AM–5:30 PM. The RN Infusion performs independent nursing interventions and implements prescribed plans of care in an ambulatory care setting. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care for assigned patient populations, as well as implementing treatment and therapy plans and other clinic orders. The role coordinates patient care with other healthcare team members and works collaboratively with providers, following applicable policies, procedures, and professional practice guidelines. Care is tailored to the unique needs of the ages served by the clinic. Care may include central and peripheral IV initiation and management, phlebotomy and blood draws, order management, medication administration (including hazardous and antineoplastic agents), blood product and cellular therapy administration, wound care, pain management, performing or assisting with procedures, monitoring patient responses, recognizing and responding to hypersensitivity reactions, providing patient education and assessing understanding, taking vital signs, chart reviews and documentation, phone triage, coordinating care including rooming and discharge, assessing appointments, and monitoring standards of care.

Requirements

At least 1 year of nursing experience.
Minnesota Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Provider Card within 30 days.
National RN certification in the relevant specialty within 18 months of the start date, prorated by FTE.

Nice To Haves

2 years of acute care or infusion-based nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patient needs and identify expected nursing outcomes.
Involve patients, families, and other healthcare team members in gathering data.
Use an ongoing, systematic process to gather relevant data from patients and families.
Analyze data to identify needs and potential risks.
Identify outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic, and attainable.
Validate outcomes and develop plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and other healthcare team members.
Document data and identified outcomes.
Implement nursing interventions based on the plan of care.
Provide care according to the plan and applicable policies, procedures, and nursing practice guidelines.
Coordinate nursing care and appropriate measures to meet patient needs and achieve expected outcomes.
Initiate age- and culturally appropriate measures to meet patient needs and achieve expected outcomes.
Collaborate, consult, or make referrals when unable to perform safely and independently.
Delegate direct and indirect patient care activities to appropriate personnel based on patient needs, condition, potential risk or harm, skill complexity, predictability of outcomes, and patient flow.