RN Radiation Oncology

Hartford Healthcare•Bridgeport, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) works in the Radiation Therapy Department, providing holistic, quality nursing care to patients, families, and others. Under the direction of the Radiation Oncologist, the RN assesses and identifies actual or potential patient problems, develops a plan of care, and monitors the effectiveness of interventions during treatment and throughout follow-up care. The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute provides coordinated cancer services supported by experienced caregivers and physicians and advanced technology. Its location at St. Vincent’s Medical Center is designated as the first Care Partner of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Hartford HealthCare opened a 25,000-square-foot cancer center in Fairfield in April 2025, offering chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, surgical consultations, imaging, and laboratory testing on site.

Requirements

Current Connecticut RN License

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Two years of previous oncology nursing experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Educate patients about the radiation therapy process, procedures, and simulation experience.
Discuss treatment modalities and address identified learning needs, skin care, potential side effects and symptom management, pain control measures, and nutritional needs.
Assist physicians with patient examinations during consultations, weekly status checks, follow-up visits, and as needed.
Provide nursing care as prescribed by the physician or warranted by the patient’s condition, including administering medications, dressing changes, skin and wound care, suctioning, glucose monitoring, and monitoring oxygen saturation.
Assess actual or potential patient problems, develop plans of care, and monitor intervention effectiveness during treatment and follow-up care.