Registered Nurse-Heme/Heme Malignancies

Responsibilities

• Assesses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluates patients’ adaptation to health changes
• Develops a plan of care based on the patient’s disease, symptoms, and response to treatment
• Educates patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment, side effects, and symptom management
• Carefully coordinates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care
• Refers patients, families, and caregivers as appropriate to other clinical resources/professionals such as social work, home health care, clinical nutrition, etc.
• Implements, evaluates, and modifies plan of care
• Integrates research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing
• Current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or current NLC multistate license (MSL)
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
• OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse) or BMT RN preferred
• Two years of oncology nursing experience preferred
• Previous telephone triage experience preferred
• Previous outpatient clinic experience preferred

Preferred

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) or Bone Marrow Transplant Registered Nurse (BMT RN)
• Two years of oncology nursing experience
• Previous telephone triage experience
• Previous outpatient clinic experience