Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Infusion Therapy - Paducah Cancer Center

About the role

Mercy Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status
• Implements clinical nursing interventions
• Holds a highly diverse medical skillset
• Develops and performs patient care plans to enhance and improve outcomes
• Ensures a safe and therapeutic environment
• Congruently delivers exceptional nursing care to patients
• Conducts and analyzes initial and ongoing patient assessment, creates plan of care, implements treatments and evaluates treatment effectiveness
• Restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan
• Administers chemotherapy and other medication, starts IV's, transfuses blood and blood products and performs therapeutic phlebotomies
• Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions
• Affirms and supports the mission of Mercy Health

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Associates degree or Bachelors degree in Nursing
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support acceptable in lieu of BLS)
• ONS Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Certification (required within 6 months of hire)
• One (1) year of medical/surgical or oncology experience (preferred, not required)
• EPIC Electronic Health Record training (preferred, not required)

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Associates degree or Bachelors degree in Nursing
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• ONS Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Certification (required within 6 months of hire)
• One (1) year of medical/surgical or oncology experience (preferred, not required)

Skills

• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Ability to assess patient status
• Ability to implement clinical nursing interventions
• Diverse medical skillset
• Ability to develop and perform patient care plans
• Ability to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment
• Exceptional nursing care delivery
• Ability to conduct and analyze patient assessments
• Ability to administer medications and start IV's
• Ability to transfuse blood and blood products
• Ability to perform therapeutic phlebotomies
• Ability to anticipate and respond to patient conditions
• Ability to support the mission of Mercy Health

Benefits

Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)

Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts

Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and elders

Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support

Pay

Competitive pay

Schedule

Varies