Registered Nurse, Oncology (Full Time Days)

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning
• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options)
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content
• Integrates education during the delivery of patient care
• Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care
• Determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care
• Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals
• Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor
• Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification