RN Oncology

Carilion Clinic•Roanoke, VA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is on a 22-bed blended medical-surgical/progressive cancer care unit specializing in complex oncology care. Nurses collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to meet patient and family needs and are expected to provide high-quality care and customer service with respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy. Registered nurses are accountable for coordinating and providing individualized care to patients of all ages, using delegation and critical thinking within a team-oriented, collaborative approach. The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates age-appropriate patient care; completes and documents assessments; and collaborates with the healthcare team, patient, and family to develop and revise interdisciplinary plans of care. The RN accurately administers and documents treatments and medications using automated computer systems, including electronic medical records, and identifies, addresses, and documents patient and caregiver education needs. The role includes contributing to performance improvement, advocating for patients, providing psychological, social, and cultural support, applying knowledge of growth and development, and adapting to rapidly changing clinical circumstances. The RN also supports quality care through clinical, leadership, or education pathways; works to improve patient outcomes and reduce length of stay, turnaround time, and resource consumption; models clinical practice; manages resources and priorities; completes assigned projects; helps resolve patient and personnel issues; participates in new employee orientation; provides staff feedback; contributes to unit, hospital, or system activities; and assists with unit or department education.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing or an approved nursing program and eligible to sit for the Virginia RN licensure examination.
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Virginia or eligible to obtain Virginia RN licensure.
AHA BLS-HCP required.
Computer skills required for use of the EPIC electronic medical record.
May be required to obtain or maintain BLS, ACLS, PALS, or NRP based on the specific work unit.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care to achieve optimum outcomes for patients of all ages, as appropriate to the service area.
Complete and document age-specific admission and ongoing assessments and use them to develop plans of care.
Collaborate with the healthcare team, patient, and family to develop, implement, and evaluate an age-specific interdisciplinary plan of care, revising it as patient status changes.
Accurately administer and document treatments and medications using automated computer systems, including electronic medical records.
Identify patient and caregiver educational needs, incorporate them into the plan of care, and implement and document education.
Contribute to performance improvement activities and support evidence-based, quality patient care.
Advocate for patients, protect their rights, and provide psychological, social, and cultural support.
Apply knowledge of growth and development to care for patients served and demonstrate clinical expertise in changing circumstances.
Plan strategies to reduce length of stay, turnaround time, and resource consumption and improve patient outcomes.
Serve as a role model for clinical practice to coworkers, students, and physicians.
Manage resources, establish priorities, and modify the environment to meet patient care needs.
Complete manager- or director-assigned projects within specified time frames and guidelines.
Use problem-solving methods to help resolve patient and personnel situations in the work area.
Participate in orientation of new employees and provide staff feedback using appropriate communication and documentation.
Participate in unit, hospital, or system activities that enable staff input into practice, environment, and work issues.
Assist with education activities for the unit or department.