Registered Nurse - Oncology Care Coordination, Lone Tree

Job Summary

Practices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions in accordance with accepted practice standards. Functions include the initiation and performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, and physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, and behavioral science principles.

Essential Responsibilities

• Knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications including the consistent use of 5 rights and 3 checks of medication administration, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
• Reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Evaluates health status through the collection and assessment of health data.
• Collaborates with the health care team to facilitate the coordination and integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources.
• Leads health care team by influence and role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation and providing outstanding support for physician practices. Patient advocate.

Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) required.
• Minimum one (1) year of oncology experience within the previous five years.

Education

• Graduate of board approved RN program and completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience and guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.
• High School Diploma OR General Education Diploma (GED) required.

Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

• Registered Nurse License (Colorado)
• Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire
• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities and the ability to understand Kaiser Permanente customer needs.
• Independent, critical thinking necessary.
• Excellent IV and communication skills and function well in a team setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A