Registered Nurse, Chemo and Infusion

Job Description

The Infusion and Chemotherapy Registered Nurse assesses the physical, psychosocial and learning needs of patients and families.

• Administers blood products, medications, chemotherapeutic agents, biotherapy agents, analgesics, and hematopoietic growth factors to patients with cancer following age-specific guidelines and standards.
• Assesses patient compliance with medications, treatments, and appointments.
• Demonstrates competency in the performance of simple and complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as venipuncture, administration of IV fluids, care of vascular access devices, and declotting of lines.
• Documents the interventions and outcomes of the care plan in the medical record.
• Evaluates the need for prescription refills, effectiveness of medication, or medication changes.
• Facilitates the transition of care for patients to home care, palliative care, or hospice in collaboration with the cancer care team.
• Follows standard policies and procedures for medical orders according to chemotherapy administration, biotherapy administration, analgesics, hematopoietic growth factors, immunosuppressive agents, and antiemetic therapy.
• Manages telephone calls from patients and families and triages patient calls and assesses the clinical problem.
• Optimizes physical and emotional comfort for patients and families by providing equipment, resources, or referrals to community services.
• Optimizes the use of team resources by establishing patient priorities and advising the medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and physicians of patients’ needs.
• Provides continuity of care between outpatient and inpatient departments on patient admissions to the hospital and accepts information on discharges from the hospital.
• Provides direct care to patients by conducting a patient history and assessment including symptoms, performance status score, and clinical changes from the last visit and formulates a plan of care for patients and families.
• Provides instructions and directions to patients and families on tests and chemotherapy side effects.
• Provides patient and family education and serves as an educator for nursing and other staff.
• Reviews all patient medical data prior to a patient visit to ensure that all results are available for the medical team during the patient visit (i.e., that all laboratory results, pathology reports, imaging studies, and medical records are available for team from which to make a disposition).
• Reviews patients’ medications, distress assessment, and vital signs including pain on each visit to the clinic and plans nursing interventions.
• Serves as a patient advocate on issues related to the clinical changes and physical status of patients since the last clinic visit.

• .8 FTE/64 hours in a biweekly pay period

• Wisconsin State Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Basic life support (BLS) certificate

• 3 years of experience as an RN
• Two years of oncology experience
• Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider card
• OCN certification
• Experience in acute care, specific patient populations and diseases, and use of Karnofsky Performance Status scale

Amery Hospital & Clinic offers a competitive benefits package (.5 FTE or greater) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, 401k with match, disability insurance and tuition reimbursement. Benefits take effect the first of the month on or after hire date.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.