Oncology Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Diploma or associate degree in nursing.
• One year of registered nurse experience.
• Registered nurse registration in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or a compact license to practice in Virginia.
• AHA BLS Provider certification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individualized and ongoing patient assessments, prioritize data collection, and reprioritize care based on the patient’s condition and applicable policies, procedures, or protocols.
• Integrate nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care using applicable standards of care and practice.
• Develop and update individualized care plans and establish measurable patient goals in consultation with patients, families, and the health care team.
• Perform provider-ordered treatments accurately and promptly, and provide therapeutic nursing interventions according to the individualized plan of care.
• Recognize potential problems and urgent or emergent risks, initiate appropriate responses, and perform emergency resuscitative measures when indicated.
• Manage care for a specialty patient population and deliver culturally sensitive, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care that protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and make sound judgments when coordinating multiple, increasingly complex patient-care demands.
• Evaluate patient responses to nursing interventions, update the interdisciplinary care plan as appropriate, and work with the specialty team to improve outcomes.
• Document assessment findings, psychosocial and physical responses to interventions, and progress toward resolving patient problems.
• Identify patient and family learning needs, adapt standard information, assess understanding within the patient’s abilities, and include patients and families in care planning and treatment decisions.
• Maintain nursing specialty competency and meet professional development and department education requirements.
• Supervise delegated care according to personnel abilities and patient acuity, and report changes in patient condition to appropriate personnel.
• Participate in service recovery and resolve conflicts appropriately, promptly, and consistently.
• Support appropriate resource utilization, including flexing during low census when needed.
• Serve as a preceptor or mentor and support employee orientation; may assist with the instruction, direction, and evaluation of students assigned to the unit.
• Prepare for or function in a charge nurse role.
• Participate in assigned quality assurance data collection, identify recurring specialty practice concerns, and contribute to initiatives involving quality indicators and unit-based metrics.
• Use Centra safety behaviors, including Speak Up for Safety.
• May participate in research or evidence-based practice projects, communicate findings to peers, interpret specialty-relevant quality improvement data, and contribute to methods for improving care.
• Maintain confidentiality, serve as a patient advocate, and maintain professional boundaries in patient-nurse relationships.
• Perform other duties as assigned.