Chemotherapy Infusion RN

Key Clinical Skills

• Skilled at inserting and maintaining IV’s; skilled working with central lines and other venous access routes
• Skillfully and accurately able to triage and assess Oncology patient – knowing what Oncology emergencies are. Patient Advocate at all times
• Knows and keeps up with all Oncology drugs and their side effects, and toxicity dosing
• Maintains OCN and Chemotherapy and Biotherapy certificates

• Direct and indirect patient care
• Professional growth
• Performance improvement
• Fiscal responsibilities
• Patient's First
• Able to work effectively in a protocol driven setting
  9. Exceptional assessment skills for the cancer population
• Skilled at inserting and maintaining IVs; skilled working with central lines and other venous access routes
• Able to initiate and maintain strong interpersonal/psychosocial relationships with this specific patient population
• Skillfully and accurately triages cancer patient phone calls

• Bases care on the nursing process
• Demonstrates thorough, accurate and timely assessments while exhibiting necessary response to changes in the patient's condition
• Provides and documents care per hospital and department policies and procedures
• Demonstrates competence in clinical and technical skills
• Provides instructions to patient/families regarding cancer care, therapies and procedures as well as survivorship care
• Seeks educational opportunities to improve knowledge/skill
• Participates in identifying or recommending areas for improvement
• Completes work in an efficient, timely manner that is conducive to team work and cost containment
• Communicates in a clear, concise and professional manner
• Performs nursing care following safety principles, OSHA guidelines and infection control guidelines
• Provides patient care following the Patient's First Commitment. Highly effective in working within a care team

Registered Nurse (RN)

RN, OCN certified or certified within 18 months of date of hire. ONS Biotherapy & Chemotherapy Certified within 30 days of hire.

Mandatory Annual

Education:

Confidentiality and HIPAA Corporate Compliance Fall Prevention PPD Campaign Quality Assessment Performance Improvement Safety & Security Minimum 2 years’ experience delivering chemotherapy and providing care coordination and education to cancer patients in an outpatient setting.

• Assist ambulatory patients independently
• Install equipment weighing up to 10 lbs. (trapeze, traction) overhead in patient rooms
• Lift from floor to waist and shoulder equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. (examples: VAX, defibrillators, SCDs, CPMs)
• Manual dexterity for performing intricate procedures (catheter, dressing changes, IV starts), assembling medical equipment, caring for patients, typing, etc.
• Assist bedfast patients of up to 50 lbs. independently and for weights greater than 50 lbs. must use mechanical device or team lifting
• Push and pull patients in beds and wheelchairs up to 250 lbs. in a wheeled device and for weights greater than 250 lbs. must use team assistance
• Push and pull wheeled equipment requiring a force up to 10 lbs. (feeding pumps, ventilators, IV poles, bipap machines)
• Push/pull carts, medical equipment, supplies up to 23 lbs. on varied surfaces including smooth and carpet
• Squatting and bending at waist to reach under beds, repetitive crouching as needed
• Standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling as needed more than 2/3 of day
• Transfer and ambulate patients up to 150 lbs. independently
• Transfer and ambulate patients with assistance greater than 150 lbs. to 300 lbs.

Omnicell, IV pumps, infusion chairs, computer, telephone, multipurpose office machine.

Long periods of standing and walking, General medical office.

• Team Player:
  Works well as a member of a group
• Dedicated:
  Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

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