Registered Nurse - Specialty - CTU - Deerfield

Job Summary (Purpose and Function)

The Chemotherapy nurse will be a professional registered nurse who standard chemotherapy and biotherapy agents, research study and non-chemotherapy medications. He/she will administer care to oncology patients as well as with multiple disease process and research study patients.

• Meets requirements of Chemotherapy Nurse Administers standard chemotherapy, research study agents and biotherapy agents, and non-chemotherapy medications.
• Monitors therapeutic responses and side effects, and obtains pharmacokinetic blood samples and other laboratory specimens as required by each protocol.
• Assists in maintenance of up-to-date protocol information in clinical areas.
• Documents in a concise, accurate and legible manner according to clinical practice standards.
• Supports patients and their families during trial treatment.
• Works to educate patients and their families about their treatment and protocol requirements.
• Utilizes independent learning methods to become knowledgeable about new protocols and protocol changes.

• Performs assessments and reassessments focusing on the physical and psychosocial health status of the patient in an ongoing timely and systematic manner.
• Obtains baseline information utilized for the development of individualized patient plan of care.
• Provides direct and indirect patient and family care to assess needs.
• Facilitates/patient/family education with interdisciplinary team involvement.
• Monitors patient’s progress against plan of care until discharge from designated patient care area.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to identify potential barriers and variances to the plan of care.

• Coordinates the plan of care with patients, family and interdisciplinary team.
• Ensures the plan of care is accessible to the patient and family to assist them in understanding goals of care and movement toward these goals.
• Plans discharge and teaching needs as applicable.
• Promotes development of clinical practice based on research and evidence.
• Assists leadership team with maintenance of initial and ongoing unit-based clinical competencies.

• Acts as a liaison between patients, caregivers and community resources.
• Educates interdisciplinary team, patient/family on plan of care.
• Serves as a direct care provider, as appropriate, to ensure outcome obtainment.
• Documents concise, accurate and legible according to nursing policies and procedures and nursing standards.
• Provides patient/family teaching using available resources and tools.
• Acts as consultant to clinical staff in assisting with unfamiliar procedures/treatments.
• Utilizes process of performance improvement.
• Promotes patient safety.
• Communicates changes in plan of care to the patient/family and the health care team members in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates creativity and innovation in approach to complex problem solving.
• Leads crisis management.
• Delegates aspects of care to qualified personnel.
• Administers IV contrast materials.
• Administers and/or monitors blood and blood products following hospital policy and procedures.
• Demonstrates the skills and judgment necessary to implement medical plan of care, nursing intervention and procedures as necessary for the care of the patient.
• Delivers sedation and analgesia according to hospital policy and procedure.
• Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used meds: action, dose, and side effects.
• Observes five Rights for administering meds: right patient, right drug, right dose, right method, and right time Medication Administration as per hospital policy and procedure.

• Evaluates patient for improvement after implementation of plan of care to assess for the attainment of goals.
• Readjusts plan of care based on evaluation of the patients’/families’ needs.
• Monitors outcomes of patients undergoing new procedures or interventions.
• Evaluates staff competencies and reports to leadership team.
• Participates in staff evaluations.

• Consistently maintain complete confidentiality of all medical, financial, employees, computer and other sensitive materials, which may violate HIPAA regulations…