RN, Cancer Center Day Hospital

About the role

Join our Cancer Infusion team in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment where you'll provide compassionate, high-quality care while making a meaningful impact in patients' lives. You'll be supported by a collaborative, experienced team that values teamwork, excellence, and professional growth, making this a challenging and highly rewarding nursing opportunity.

Key responsibilities

• Providing comprehensive outpatient oncology care by administering IV chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and supportive treatments
• Educating patients and families
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, compassionate care
• Systematically and continuously collecting and assessing data related to patient health status to develop, execute and evaluate the plan of care
• Utilizing evidence to drive clinical decisions and practice related to individual and population health
• Establishing goals and strategies for meeting care coordination needs across settings with the patient, family, and/or other care providers
• Considering factors related to safety, effectiveness and fiscal accountability in planning and delivering care
• Delegating and supervising care in accordance with the WI Nurse Practice
• Participating in continuous quality improvement initiatives and assuming responsibility for professional development

Specialty clinical duties

Major responsibilities may include one or more of the following:

• Perform/direct ACLS
• Independent rhythm interpretation and defibrillation
• Administration of advanced lifesaving medications
• Independent, templated ("RN-only") visits for patient assessment, with action taken based on established protocols and/or clinical practice standards using clinical judgement to determine intervention timing/specifics
• Specialty patient education where certification/additional certificate is required for role
• Sedation
• Telemetry monitoring & interpretation/management of rhythm changes
• Assisting with complex procedures
• Advanced wound therapy (VACs, debridement, etc.)
• Central line management (TPA administration) and maintenance (dressing / cap changes, access / flushing)
• Device interrogation and interpretation with resultant action
• Complex infusions (concurrent infusions, hazardous medication administration, blood and blood products, etc.)

Work may also include patient care coordination, direct patient care, patient education, telephone triage/eVisits, and performing/assisting with minor procedures. May float to other areas as needed for operations need.

Experience

• Clinical experience and/or interest in the care and management of patient populations specific to the area of employment is required
• At least 1 year of relevant nursing experience is preferred

Education

• Nursing licensure is required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is preferred

Training

• Oncology: RNs must have/attain an oncology nursing certification or complete 10 hours oncology-focused CE education/year on an ongoing basis

Licensure

• Requires current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact)
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an AHA approved equivalent is required within 90 days of hire

Schedule

• FTE: 0.875000
• Standard Hours: 35.00
• Four 10-hour shifts one week, three 10-hour shifts the alternate week
• Shift: Shift 1
• Location: US:WI:MILWAUKEE at Froedtert Hospital facility
• On-site position

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Growth opportunity – Career Pathways & Career Tuition Assistance, CEU opportunities
• Academic Partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Referral bonuses
• Retirement plan – 403b
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Free Workplace Clinics
• Employee Assistance Programs, Adoption Assistance, Healthy Contributions, Care@Work, Moving Assistance
• Discounts on gym memberships, travel and other work life benefits available