Chemotherapy Infusion Nurse
About the role
Lowcountry Oncology Associates mission is delivering high-quality and compassionate cancer care in our community, for our community and by oncologist who in live in our community. Why Join Us? Our team values the work components of every member to create a culture of people helping people and making a difference in our lives and those we serve.
The Chemotherapy Infusion Nurse is responsible for providing exceptional, compassionate, and safe care to patients receiving chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biotherapy, and other infusion therapies in an outpatient oncology setting. The Chemotherapy Infusion Nurse administers treatments according to physician orders and established protocols while closely monitoring patients for treatment responses, adverse reactions, and changes in condition. This role will report to our Mount Pleasant clinic located at 1300 Hospital Drive.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, compassionate, and patient-centered care to patients receiving a variety of outpatient infusion therapies.
- Assess patients prior to and throughout treatment, including vital signs, treatment readiness, laboratory results, symptoms, and overall condition.
- Review chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and biotherapy treatment plans and orders for accuracy, including medications, doses, sequencing, routes, infusion rates, and required pre-medications.
- Identify discrepancies or concerns with treatment orders and communicate appropriately with the physician, APP, pharmacy/mixing team, and other members of the clinical care team before treatment is administered.
- Safely administer chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biotherapy, supportive medications, injections, and other prescribed treatments according to physician orders, established protocols, and organizational policies.
- Monitor patients closely during treatment for adverse reactions, side effects, changes in condition, and other significant events; promptly intervene and notify the appropriate provider when indicated.
- Recognize and appropriately respond to infusion reactions and other treatment-related emergencies according to established protocols.
- Accurately document assessments, treatments,