Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Oncology

About the role

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Primary responsibilities

• Use standards of medical‑surgical nursing practice to increase quality of care and quality of life for patients, families, and significant others by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Establish effective relationships and serve as an advocate with patients, families, and significant others to facilitate development of individualized care plans.
• Apply the nursing process to develop and implement care plans: collect assessment data, determine nursing diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, plan interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes.
• Develop assessment and management strategies that consider physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness on each patient’s multidimensional status.
• Utilize leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating with patients, families, communities, and inter‑professional team members in assessing needs, setting goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, significant others, and other health‑care providers to support culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane decision‑making within available economic resources.
• Educate patients, families, and significant others about measures that promote, maintain, restore health, or promote comfort.
• Foster a healthy work environment by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others.
• Apply evidence‑based practice and scientific knowledge to medical‑surgical nursing, ensuring care is age‑specific and meets clinical needs as described in the department’s Scope of Service.
• Maintain constant alertness and work safely.
• May perform point‑of‑care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and experience

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.
• No experience required.

Physical requirements

• Constant use of speech for oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lb.
• Frequent sitting, reaching, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for near (≤ 20 in) and far (≈ 20 ft) distances; ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds, and hear alarms or malfunctioning equipment.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lb.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Licensure and certifications

• Illinois: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association and Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
• Missouri: BLS HCP – American Heart Association and RN – Missouri Division of Professional Registration, or RN issued by a Compact State.
• Oklahoma: BLS HCP – American Heart Association and RN issued by a Compact State, or RN – Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
• Wisconsin: BLS HCP – American Heart Association and RN issued by a Compact State, or RN – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.

Schedule

• Night shift (United States of America).
• Scheduled weekly hours: 36.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package tailored to employee needs.
• One week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible payment options through DailyPay for eligible hourly team members (fees may apply).
• Upfront tuition coverage via FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.