Staff Nurse II Short Hour - Outpatient Oncology/Infusion (Short Hour Position - 12 Hours Per Week)

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver responsible for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care through the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment, and health care team members.

Essential Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.
• Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age-specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.
• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
• Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.
• Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
• Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
• Identifies and solves problems effectively.
• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
• Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking, and conveying information.
• Ability to navigate in a Windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.

Speciality Areas

If practicing in a specialty/extended role, candidates are willing to train and fulfill the expectations established for the particular role. Speciality areas may require additional certifications such as ONS, ONS-equivalent, or Chemotherapy Administration training.

Basic Qualifications

• 1 year recent (within the last three years) experience in oncology practice, including ability to work with chemotherapeutic agents.
• High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience;
• OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either:
• 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation;
• Graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.

Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

• Registered Nurse License (California)
• Basic Life Support

Education

• High School Diploma/GED
• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience;
• OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either:
• 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation;
• Graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.

Experience

• 1 year recent (within the last three years) experience in oncology practice, including ability to work with chemotherapeutic agents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in specialty preferred.