Registered Nurse, Outpatient Oncology Team​/Infusion Float

Responsibilities

• Provides ongoing care according to the age specific and specialty specific care needs of the patient
• Assesses educational needs and provides teaching and counseling to the patient and their family
• Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care
• Integrates symptom assessment and management according to the treatment plan
• Assesses social determinants of health that could impact care and coordinates care to the appropriate resources (e.g. navigation, SW)
• Assumes primary responsibility for caseloads consisting of patients in specialty area
• Anticipates and recognizes changes in a patient's status and need for care
• Determines priorities of patient care based on patient needs and in alignment with the treatment plan
• Provides ongoing assessment of patient's response to services and applies interventions as appropriate
• Updates and revises care plan as needed
• Communicates with physicians and other providers to confirm, correlate, and update patient's plan of care
• Coordinating care in alignment with specialty care of the patient, e.g. coordination of oral chemotherapy plan in an oncology setting
• Administers medications if assigned to infusion center setting, including chemotherapy, biologic therapies, antibiotics and other intravenous medications
• Performs central venous access device management according to policy
• Performs transfusion of blood products, therapeutic phlebotomy per guidelines and policies
• Provides telephone consultation/triage and care coordination to patient, family, and/or significant others according to protocol and policies
• Maintains and updates accurate clinical and patient records according to system policies and state, and federal guidelines
• Assists in development and implementation of staff orientation and educational activities
• Follows published policies and procedures and regularly monitors changes or additions to them.

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months
• ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Provide Card/Certificate within 30 days of hire (preferred upon hire)
• OCN (Oncology Certified Nurse) preferred for oncology departments
• CRNI (Certified Registered Nurse Infusion) for non-chemotherapy infusion settings
• Typically requires 2 years of experience in a clinical setting that includes experiences in specialty
• Ability to work independently and make sound judgments
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (oral and written)
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Ability to multi-task with frequent interruptions
• Ability to work with diverse patient populations.