Registered Nurse; RN | Oncology Clinic

Registered Nurse

Location:

Avera Cancer Institute-Marshall

Worker Type:
Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

• Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!
• Options for Free Health Insurance!
• Student Loan Repayment:
  This position may be eligible for Avera's Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.
• Job Satisfaction:
  Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care.
• Positive Work Environment:
  Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.

Work Schedule

• Day shift
• Clinic hours are 8 a.m.
  
  -4:30 p.m.; 40 hours/2 weeks

Pay

• $

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview Utilizing the nursing process, the RN effectively manages and provides counseling, individualized care prescriptions, does individualized and group education and delivers quality of care that is consistent with acceptable standards of nursing practice. Communicates effectively with physicians to ensure patient care. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for his/her actions and outcomes of patient care delivered while caring for the patient.

Will provide back-up coverage for Radiation/Oncology clinic nurse in Avera Cancer Institute Marshall.

What You Will Do

• Demonstrates compassion by treating everyone with respect and dignity.
• Promotes Avera Marshall in a positive light to everyone, both internally and externally.
• Collaborates with others to deliver the highest quality service by including individuals, family members and the healthcare team when determining best plan for individuals/stakeholders.
• Chemotherapy Infusion Essential Duties
• Assessment:
  Collects, charts and relays patient health data including:
  Establishing and maintaining a baseline history and physical information in collaboration with provider for new and on-going clients.
• Visit specific data as needed such as chief complaint, vital signs, height/weight, level of pain, tolerance of therapy.
• Assurance that patient charts are comprehensive, physician orders noted, completed and documented, and complete nursing documentation of therapies delivered.
• Provides triage for incoming patient related telephone calls, emergent client visits and emergencies during delivery of therapies with provider input when necessary.
• Schedules appointments, procedures and tests as needed.
• Assist provider during procedures, treatments, examinations and testing such as bone marrow biopsies.
• Performs tests and treatments within scope of practice.
• Provide patient education for tests, procedures, therapies, diagnosis, symptom management.
• Education:
  
  Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice, with particular emphasis in area of clinical practice; medical oncology and hematology.
• Maintains certification in chemotherapy (Oncology Nursing Society) Completes yearly competencies Completes yearly mandatory education Membership to a professional organization encouraged.
• Collegiality:
  Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others.
• Performs general nursing care to patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
• Coordinates the patient care activities for the clinic.
• Ethics:
  Decisions and actions on behalf of clients are determined in an ethical manner.
• Utilizes ANA Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice decisions.
• Collaboration:
  
  Collaborates with the client, significant others and healthcare providers and team members in providing patient care.
• Resource Utilization:
  Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and delivering patient care.
• Maintains exam room/infusion center with necessary supplies and equipment.
• Ensures infection control standards are met.
• Maintains timely flow of patients.
• Performs nursing assessments and evaluations of patients and documents information.
• Provides continuity of care through verbal and written communication.
• Works with registration for appointments and scheduling.
• Screens patients for appropriate information including obtaining the health history, taking vitals and conducting a nursing assessment.
• Instructs patients in collection of samples and tests.
• Responsible for IV administration of fluids and intravenous medications, injections and venous access maintenance and care, heplocks, working with PICC lines and porta-caths.

Essential Qualifications The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others,…