Registered Nurse (RN) - Oncology​/Infusion

Registered Nurse (RN) - Oncology/Infusion

• Facility
  * National Jewish Health
  - Main Campus
• Schedule
  - Shift
  - Hours Full Time
  - Day Shift

National Jewish Health's Infusion & Testing Services Department is seeking an Infusion/Allergy Procedure RN to join its team. This role performs highly specialized infusion therapies and allergy testing procedures for patients who travel from across the country and around the world to receive expert care. Responsibilities include administering infusion medications such as IVIG, Rituximab, and iron, as well as supporting advanced allergy procedures including drug desensitizations, drug challenges, allergy rush protocols, and food challenges.

• Administers specialized infusion therapies and allergy testing procedures.
• Performs patient assessments, IV starts, and ongoing monitoring during treatments.
• Responds promptly and effectively to adverse reactions and changing patient conditions.
• Utilizes critical thinking and advanced nursing skills in a fast-paced clinical environment.
• Collaborates closely with multidisciplinary providers to deliver safe, patient-centered care.
• Receives cross-training in Oncology Infusion, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy administration.

As the nation's leading respiratory hospital, National Jewish Health combines exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, and academic excellence to advance preventive and personalized medicine. This role offers the opportunity to develop specialized clinical expertise while caring for complex patients in a collaborative environment dedicated to innovation, compassion, and improving lives.

Accurately plans and provides professional nursing care utilizing a systematic approach incorporating assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of plan of care. The Inpatient or Procedural RN is responsible and accountable for facilitation and management of care coordination across the healthcare continuum. Utilizes the nursing process to work with interdisciplinary teams to provide safe and personalized care. Demonstrates core competencies in their area of practice.

The Inpatient/Procedural RN assists in providing crisis intervention, providing answering service coverage, interdepartmental problem-solving, and ensuring safe care.

• Collects and analyzes pertinent data and information relative to the patient’s needs. Demonstrates proficient, skillful, and rapid assessment of patient problems and needs in the inpatient or procedural areas.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems or issues and communicates concerns to the provider.
• Identifies expected and/or desired outcomes in a plan of care individualized for a specific patient and ensures the plan of care reflects the cultural, spiritual, intellectual, age, educational, and psychosocial differences of patient.
• Collaborates with providers and other healthcare professionals to facilitiate smooth and efficient inpatient or procedural workflows.
• Provides professional nursing care exercising independent judgment in utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate.
• Facilitates appropriate medical care, carries out provider orders, and documents care in EMR.
• Provides patient education using methods and approaches recognizing the specific needs and concerns of the individual patient.
• Completes and maintains competence in assigned area.
• Participates in projects, activities, committees, related to nursing and health care in clinical and organizational settings.
• Participates in evidence based practice and research strategies to advance inpatient or procedural nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.
• Participates as a member of the hospital’s Code Blue response team as needed.

• Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
• Ethics: Practices ethically;
  Integrates the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice;…