Rn Jobs in Orange County

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate's degree.
• Current Registered Nurse license from the State of Ohio or a current Registered Nurse license in good standing with a multi-state compact state.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Compassionate, patient-centered approach and commitment to outstanding care.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to handle sensitive conversations with empathy and professionalism.
• Organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Interest in learning and developing specialty expertise in oncology and hematology.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in medical oncology or hematology.
• Ambulatory or specialty clinic nursing experience.
• Telephone triage and symptom-management experience.
• Care coordination or case-management experience.
• Knowledge of chemotherapy and immunotherapy concepts.
• Experience with patient education and motivational communication.
• Experience with EPIC or other electronic health-record documentation and patient-portal management.
• For new graduate RNs: strong nursing fundamentals, eagerness to learn, sound clinical judgment, and a strong interest in oncology nursing.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial, ongoing, and functional health-status assessments as applicable to the patient population and individual.
• Identify changes in patient condition and provide timely triage and escalation of urgent clinical concerns.
• Document planned nursing interventions based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs.
• Coordinate care among providers, specialists, and interdisciplinary team members to support treatment and follow-up.
• Educate patients and families about diagnoses, treatments, symptom management, and available resources.
• Support treatment planning and continuity of care through detailed documentation, test-result follow-up, and ongoing communication.
• Evaluate and document responses to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriate intervals.
• Revise plans of care based on evaluative data as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage multiple patient needs using critical thinking, organization, and clinical judgment while maintaining a high-quality patient experience.
• Participate actively in process-improvement activities to achieve clinical-quality, customer-satisfaction, and financial-performance measures.
• Perform job duties with attention to safety, quality, and efficiency as part of a High Reliability Organization.

Benefits

• Support for Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) certification after one year.
• Career-development pathways into nurse navigator roles, infusion nursing, care management and triage nursing, clinical education, quality and practice improvement, and advanced practice nursing with additional education and experience.