Specialty Registered Nurse - Cancer Center General - FT - Day
About The Position
The Oncology RN coordinates patient care in a cancer center. The nurse assesses information provided by patients in person or by phone, communicates with providers, and obtains orders when needed. The role includes triaging patients with symptoms, offering provider-guided recommendations, managing calls about treatment side effects, determining whether patients need urgent clinic visits, assisting with medication refills, and coordinating care. The nurse delivers professional, evidence-based nursing care; assesses patients and develops, implements, and evaluates individualized collaborative care plans. The role also involves infection prevention, patient advocacy, respectful and effective communication, mentoring nurses new to their roles, supporting students, and ongoing professional learning and development. This is an onsite, patient-facing position with no supervisory or budget responsibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
- Registered Nurse license through KSBN is required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within 90 days of hire; RQI or other certifications may be required in lieu of or in addition to BLS depending on the department.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally, nonverbally, and in writing.
- Competency in selected psychomotor skills.
- Awareness of patient and significant-other rights, institutional safety issues, and legal issues in patient care and departmental functioning; ability to manage situations to minimize risk.
- Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration, and apply mathematical concepts to practical situations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a clinic setting.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Responsibilities
- Coordinate patient care and assess information received from patients in person or by phone.
- Communicate patient information to providers and obtain orders when needed.
- Triage patients with symptoms, provide symptom-management recommendations from providers, and determine whether patients need to be seen urgently.
- Triage calls about treatment side effects and assist with medication refills and coordination of care.
- Collect patient and situation data, analyze assessment findings, identify actual or potential problems, and develop collaborative, individualized plans with expected outcomes.
- Implement care plans, coordinate care, promote health and wellness, and evaluate progress toward goals and outcomes.
- Promote infection prevention through standard precautions, appropriate dressing changes and wound care, hand hygiene, and cleanliness of patient rooms and departments.
- Provide professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, including caring relationships, uninterrupted moments with patients, and unconditional acceptance and respect.
- Promote a mutually respectful environment, integrate ethics into practice, advocate for patients, and apply diversity, equity, and inclusion principles.
- Communicate effectively across professional practice areas.
- Mentor nurses new to their roles and support students’ learning and development.
- Pursue lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry.
- Participate in and lead nursing-practice process evolution within the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
- Use appropriate resources to plan and provide safe, effective, evidence-based, and financially responsible nursing services.
- Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements; perform other duties as assigned.
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Job Type
Full-time
