RN Clinical Nurse II - Oncology Infusion Center

About the role

UNC Health’s Oncology Outpatient Infusion Center seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to join a collaborative, supportive team in a high‑volume outpatient setting. The role involves providing comprehensive care to patients throughout their cancer journey, including procedural care, phlebotomy/lab draws, chemotherapy/biotherapy infusions, blood product administration, bone marrow transplant patient care, clinical trial administration and monitoring, and urgent care visits, plus education and emotional support for patients and families. Position is part‑time, 20 hours per week, located in Chapel Hill, NC.

Responsibilities

• Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self; attends education programs based on identified learning needs; uses patient education materials relevant to patient population; assesses readiness to learn of patient/family/caregivers; assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Identifies expected patient outcomes; seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care; participates in discussion with interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care; communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population‑appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care; performs bedside point‑of‑care testing as required; utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures; organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs; consults with appropriate resources regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or high‑risk discharge planning.
• With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations; achieves goals within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor; knowledgeable about activities facilitating intra/interdepartmental collaboration; participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities; effectively uses communication systems; promotes cost‑effective care; gives feedback to co‑workers; aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting health care environment; promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment.
• Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care; includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs; synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication; assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families; develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
• Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care; uses available multidisciplinary resources in planning care; begins to use full range of communication to convey planning; identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care; demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Reads journals containing studies or articles applicable to practice; brings ideas and questions to staff for assessment of applicability.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program. If hired after January 6, 2014, must be enrolled within four years of employment and obtain a Bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a Master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of employment date.
• Licensure/Certification: Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina; Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
• Professional Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience.

Qualifications

• Detail oriented.
• Strong assessment skills.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team members, patients, and visitors.
• Oncology experience preferred; candidates without oncology experience will be supported through orientation and training with a comprehensive education plan.

Pay

Salary range: $34.22 – $48.38 per hour (hiring range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Schedule

Part‑time schedule: 20 hours per week, day shift.