Outpatient Infusion RN; IV RN): Oncology

Overview

Description
At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.

Employment Type
Part time

Shift
Day Shift

Mercy One North Iowa is the largest provider of health care services in our region, and we are proudly the largest employer in Cerro Gordo County. Our hospital is a private, not-for-profit health care center, licensed for 346 beds, which serves more than 400,000 inpatients and outpatients each year. Mercy One North Iowa is a teaching institution with residency and fellowship programs and a clinical training site for students from numerous colleges.

As a IV Registered Nurse at Mercy One, you accept responsibility and accountability for the delivery of care through the nursing process while providing outpatient injections/infusions (including chemotherapy and other anti-cancer drugs, cardiac, and outpatient COVID related infusions) in the designated outpatient infusion areas. Directs and guides patient and family education. Cares for all types of infusion patients, including oncology/hematology, cardiac, COVID, and all other outpatient infusions while maintaining professional nursing standards.

Practices nursing within the Mercy One North Iowa professional nursing practice plan.

• Part time 24 hours a week
• 8:00a-4:30p
• No Weekends No Holidays

• Demonstrates customer service to others as a number one priority and accomplishes this by integrating Service Excellence into all aspects of the work day, taking responsibility for service recovery and working for outcomes that delight the customer.
• Administers chemotherapy and other anti-cancer drugs, cardiac infusions, COVID infusion treatments, and other outpatient infusions/injections with accuracy. Supports and promotes a safe environment for patients and staff by following established guidelines.
• Provides accurate documentation of all outpatient infusion procedures and patient information based on nursing practices and standards in a timely manner.
• Assesses patients and identifies common, complex and unusual physical and psychosocial needs.
• Guides and directs patient care activities for above indicated population, by utilizing clinical/critical thinking skills and evidence based practice.
• Triages patient phone calls and assesses for level of care needed, referring to physicians or providing nursing intervention as assessment indicates.
• Provides or facilitates learning opportunities to meet the educational needs of the patient and family by assessing the learning needs and formulating and initiating a teaching plan to meet those needs.
• Collaborates with members of the inter-disciplinary health care team to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrates support of departmental and organizational budgets by accurately capturing all charges generated in the outpatient infusion area.
• Promotes and maintains positive working relationships in a collegial manner with co-workers, medical staff and personnel of other departments and demonstrates effective communication skills. Assists others needing help as necessary and displays flexibility in job responsibilities.
• Adapts positively to the ever-changing health care environment by supporting technology and process changes. Willing to learn new things, is open to change and maintains a calm positive manner under stressful conditions.
• Identifies, participates and takes action in activities which solve problems, promote better patient care, nursing development and professional growth, and supports process improvement teams which influence customer satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and financial stability.
• Participates in achieving the department budget by managing own work hours, flexing and staffing to volumes, keeping OT to a minimum, utilizing supplies appropriately and by continually applying process improvement techniques to eliminate waste in work flows.
• Participates in the application of process improvement principles by assisting in development and data collection. Participates in the department’s Culture of Safety/Engagement Action Plan.
• Attends and participates in department staff huddles and committee meetings. Participates in peer evaluations and self-evaluation and goal setting.
• May provide back up for the other RNs to assist the providers in patient care activities such as consultations, exams, procedures, treatments. Participates in activities which promote better patient care, nursing development, and professional growth.
• Develops/reviews departmental policies and procedures, nursing standards of care and practice, etc.
• Maintains required department confidentiality and abides by HIPAA regulations.
• Provides competent patient care to the above indicated patient populations by obtaining and appropriately interpreting data, making appropriate decisions based on…