Registered Nurse, Stem Cell

Registered Nurse, Stem Cell

Sign on Bonus eligible $15,000 sign on for days (must have recent CAR‑T experience to be considered for days) $25,000 sign on for nights

• Collaborates with physicians and other health care providers to provide direct and indirect care to patients across the continuum of malignant hematology and stem cell transplantation.
• Provides critical staffing to multiple patient care areas including the Cellular Therapy Inpatient Unit and Specialty Clinic.
• Formally trained in the understanding of hematopoietic stem cell transplant and other cellular therapies, including disease states, transplant immunology, sources and procurement of stem cells, components of patient evaluation, education, conditioning regimens, stem cell reinfusion, engraftment and recovery, acute effects of transplant, discharge, and follow‑up care.
• Competent in the administration of cellular therapy products, including hematopoietic stem cells, immune effector cells, and other cellular therapies.
• Competent in the safe administration of high‑dose chemotherapy, innovative cellular therapies, immunotherapies, stem cell reinfusions, blood products, growth factors, hydration, and associated medications.
• Competent to assist in special procedures such as bone marrow biopsy or donor apheresis stem cell mobilization and collection.
• Competent in providing care for immunocompromised patients with complex needs.
• Competent in monitoring and care related to the administration of cellular therapy products and signs of emergency and higher‑level care needed.
• Competent in delivering effective nursing care to prevent, detect, and manage early and late effects associated with cellular therapies.
• Conducts and reinforces patient education, including treatment plan/regimen, symptom management, side effects, patient family responsibilities related to self‑care, and available resources at home or at facility.
• Demonstrates competence in collection of blood specimens and blood cultures.
• Assists with coordination of specialty lab and diagnostic testing, pharmacokinetics, disease staging, and research‑based clinical trials.
• Demonstrates competence in chemotherapy administration through ONS.
• Competently administers medications via all routes, using the six rights, medication bar scanner, and monitors patients for side effects.
• Cares for, assesses, and monitors patients with Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) and epidural catheters.
• Highly experienced in providing care for patients with IV lines, central lines, and ports.
• Completes Basic Electrocardiogram (ECG) course in an online learning management system.
• Can read, interpret, and operate cardiac and other invasive and noninvasive monitors, recognize normal/abnormal rhythms/trends, and institute appropriate interventions within six months of hire.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills to manage complex patient and family needs.
• Demonstrates skills to assess and intervene in life‑threatening situations.
• Can care for patients who are aggressive, agitated, in seclusion, or restrained.

• 1–3 years of recent cellular therapy experience (Stem Cell Transplant and/or Immune Effector Cell).
• Associate Degree in Nursing or equivalent, or a registered nurse license from Arizona or a Compact State.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required upon hire; if current certification does not meet guidelines, stakeholders must complete an onsite initial BLS course within thirty days of hire and renew every two years.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is required; stakeholders must acquire AHA ACLS certification within thirty days of hire and renew every two years.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Fundamentals of Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy/Biotherapy provider certificate is preferred upon hire and required before completion of nursing orientation; renewal every two years.
• ONS Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation course required within thirty days of hire, unless previously completed an equivalent course or holds a Blood & Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN) certification.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.