Graduate Nurse Oncology

Job Title

Registered Nurse – New Graduate

MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, 1201 Grand, St. Louis, MO

Regular – Full time

7 a.m.–7 p.m. varying days with every third weekend, holiday requirement, no on‑call requirement

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Eligible to practice as determined by the State Board of Nursing
• Less than one year of experience working as an RN

Licensed new graduate nurse from an accredited nursing program who actively participates in the SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital New Graduate Nurse Residency Program. Provides professional nursing care to patients, which includes assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, delegating and monitoring tasks assigned to other members of the care team in accordance with professional nursing standards. Responsible for the delivery of age‑appropriate care for assigned patients with a wide variety of medical conditions.

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessment and reassessment.
• Perform age‑appropriate admission or transfer assessment, obtaining input from family/guardian when appropriate.
• Accurately and completely document findings.
• Assess post‑operative and post‑invasive procedure patients.
• Assess and document education and discharge needs of patient and family on admission and throughout hospitalization.
• Provide patient reassessment documenting pertinent observations according to the patient plan of care and changes in condition, status and/or diagnosis, response to care, procedures, etc., and standards of care.
• Establish, coordinate and evaluate a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other relevant information.
• Identify short‑ and long‑term goals based on patient care needs.
• Formulate nursing interventions to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Incorporate disease‑specific evidence‑based practice into the nursing care plan and other documentation.
• Provide and document nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care and changes in patient status.
• Collaborate with appropriate health‑team members for coordination of daily plan of care for assigned patients.
• Provide, coordinate and communicate patient care, including accurate handoff communication reports.
• Administer and document medications accurately according to policies and procedures.
• Monitor, maintain and document accurate IV fluids and parenteral nutrition according to policies and procedures.
• Complete referrals as indicated by assessment data.
• Request consultation for special needs, equipment or information for patient and/or family.
• Provide patient/family education and discharge planning per documentation guidelines and protocol.
• Clarify all physician orders as warranted.
• Acknowledge and implement physician orders in an accurate and timely manner as evidenced by documentation in the medical record.
• Assist physician with procedures/treatments as requested or delegate to care partner as appropriate.
• Document “Readback” for all telephone/verbal orders.
• Takes telephone/verbal orders only in emergency situations.
• Recognize changes in patient’s condition and take appropriate nursing actions.
• Involve family/guardian when providing care and in decision‑making as appropriate.
• Recognize risks for patient and take appropriate action.
• Incorporate use of infection control practices in daily care.
• Document and/or communicate nursing care and/or changes in patient condition.
• Perform and document ongoing evaluation of effectiveness of care based on assessment data, nursing interventions, patient response to medications, treatments and procedures.
• Evaluate and document effectiveness of patient/family education.
• Evaluate plan of care and modify as indicated in the previous steps.
• Recognize significant changes in patient’s clinical parameters and report immediately to physician and others as indicated.
• Identify problems, gather pertinent data, suggest solutions, communicate using appropriate lines of authority, and work toward problem resolution.
• Report variations from care/treatment following the…