Registered Nurse Oncology Clinic

Job Overview

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. Assumes an active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

In clinic:
This role coordinates the care of hematology/oncology patients in an outpatient clinic setting, working in close partnership with providers, patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams across the care continuum. Care coordination responsibilities include medication acquisition and management, scheduling and coordination of procedures, diagnostic tests, and appointments, as well as providing comprehensive patient and family education. The ideal candidate demonstrates a strong sense of self-direction, proactivity, and creative problem-solving, with the ability to navigate complex care needs and anticipate barriers to care.

• Family-Centered Care:
  • Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs.
  • Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care.
  • Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
  • Care is guided by the Professional Practice Model throughout the continuum of care.
  • Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team.
  • Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Teamwork &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  
  • Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
  • Applies communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care.
  • Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions.
  • Collaborates with team members in shared decision making.
• Evidence Based Practice:
  • Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
  • Identifies key concepts of research and evidence-based practice.
  • Participates in structuring the work environment to facilitate integration of new evidence into standards of practice.
  • Recognizes and communicates the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies procedures, practice guidelines, and/or measures for clinical practice evaluation.
  • Recognizes the standard of care provided by the applicable professional organization and/or association.
• Quality Improvement:
  • Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
  • Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
  • Participates in the quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
• Safety:
  • Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
  • Utilizes and discusses policy, procedures, and guidelines to support…