RN: Cancer Center

Job Summary

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the assigned care setting. Communicates and collaborates with physicians, leadership, co-workers, and other multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. Provides high quality patient care utilizing critical thinking, nursing processes, decision making, compassion, integrity, respect, and empathy. Preserves the patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and restores health whenever possible. Able to perform general nursing duties, patient education, and prioritization. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses the patient based on their medical condition.
• Knows and administers ordered medications as prescribed.
• Provides care appropriate to the condition and age of the patient, including basic self-care activities.
• Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates its effectiveness; includes the family in teaching as appropriate.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize nursing knowledge to perform treatments and provide services.
• Communicates and collaborates with multidisciplinary team in providing patient care.
• Demonstrates ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and families; communicates with social services regarding both hospital and post-discharge needs.
• Demonstrates cost-effective practices and non-wasteful usage of supplies, linen, and charge items.
• Prioritizes patient care effectively and efficiently.
• Promotes patient safety by reducing the risk of unnecessary harm associated with healthcare.
• Assumes lifelong learning related to the nursing profession.

Specifications

• Experience: Minimum Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Preferred/Desired: Preferred/Desired
• Education: Minimum Required: Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Preferred/Desired: Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Licensure: Minimum Required: RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE. Preferred/Desired: ACLS/PALS Specialty Certification.
• Special Skills: Minimum Required: Computer literacy. Preferred/Desired: None.