PRN RN - Acute Care Oncology

PRN RN - Acute Care Oncology

Akron

Akron General Medical Center

5400 Oncology Unit-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

F24015

Variable

12:00am-12:00am

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

Akron General’s 27-bed 5400 Oncology Unit provides care to cancer and hospice patients, trains caregivers to give therapy and provides hands-on learning to achieve chemotherapy competency. As an RN on the team, you will deliver exceptional care, throughout the patient care journey. In this role, you will interact directly with patients and their families, offering the opportunity to enhance their experience and provide healthcare education as needed.

Here, you will have the profound opportunity to positively impact the patient experience andhave a big impact on their and their families'lives.

We realize that flexibility is essential for many caregivers today. That’s why we offer a variety of PRN shift options—including staggered start times, flexible shift lengths, and specialized assignments—to fit your lifestyle. We’re proud to welcome experienced nurses into our caregiver family and are committed to providing the flexibility you need, no matter what life brings.

A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days and hours. Working 48 hours per 6-week period will be required.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide direct nursing care.

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.

• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

• Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions.

• Note and carry out physician and nursing orders.

• Assess and coordinate patients’ discharge needs.

• Maintain professional growth and development through ongoing formal and informal education and clinical nursing study.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN or BSN program)

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

• (ONS) Chemo/Bio course complete within two years of employment if employed on units inpatient and/or outpatient where chemo is administered

• External applicants: two years of recent related nursing experience

• Internal applicants: less than two years of experience, but post orientation/90-day probationary period considered with the Chief Nursing Officer approval for internal applicants

• Will consider licensed military RN experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally,…