Registered Nurse (RN) | Oncology Clinic

Registered Nurse (RN) - Oncology

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

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $34.46-55.04

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

• Communication: Is committed to communicating effectively with individuals in order to meet their needs.
• Greets and identifies self by providing a statement of welcome, name, department and role as appropriate to the situation whether in person or via telephone.
• Protects privacy and confidentiality by avoiding personal and/or patient-related conversations in public places, closing curtains/doors for privacy and keeping all written documents and computer screens secure.
• Communicates effectively with customers and coworkers by listening attentively, not interrupting, taking concerns to the appropriate individual, and ensuring body language matches what is being conveyed.
• Attitude: Is committed to serving individuals with the utmost care and courtesy.
• Demonstrates compassion by treating everyone with respect and dignity.
• Demonstrates patience, understanding and support of individuals.
• Demonstrates hospitality by portraying a welcoming presence, attentiveness to needs and a gracious manner.
• Demonstrates stewardship through respect, truth and integrity.
• Utilizes resources responsibly.
• Promotes Avera Marshall in a positive light to everyone, both internally and externally.
• Responsiveness: Is committed to anticipating and responding to the needs of all individuals.
• Establishes individual's expectations by asking, "How can I help you?" Takes responsibility for follow through (if you are unable to meet the expectation, make sure it is carried out by someone else).
• Acknowledges, apologizes and responds when expectations are not met by utilizing service recovery tools.
• Engagement: Takes ownership of all we do, and responsibility for the outcomes of our efforts.
• 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.
• Demonstrates commitment to coworkers by showing courtesy, respect and appreciation, sharing knowledge and being receptive to new processes.
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• 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.
• Yearly age-appropriate screening or treatment related testing needs.
• Assurance that patient charts are comprehensive, physician orders noted, completed and documented, and complete nursing documentation of therapies delivered.
• Response to therapies delivered previously or during a current visit.
• Diagnosis: Analyzes the assessment data in determining nursing diagnoses, problems, and goals.
• Provides triage for incoming patient related telephone calls, emergent client visits and emergencies during delivery of therapies with provider input when necessary.
• Outcome Identification: Identifies expected outcome/goals individualized to the patient to include; Prioritization for timely client flow Attending to routine or emergency needs of clients.
• Anticipatory guidance regarding expected continuing patient care needs.
• Planning: Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Schedules appointments, procedures and tests as needed.
• Implementation: Implements interventions identified in the plan of care: Prepares client for visit, such as pre-visit instructions/parameters, clinic orientation/routine.
• Assists provider during procedures, treatments, examinations and testing such as bone marrow biopsies.
• Administers prescribed medications.
• Performs tests and treatments within scope of practice.
• Provides patient education for tests, procedures, therapies, diagnosis, symptom management.
• Provides education regarding ongoing health choices/management, including wellness and health maintenance counseling.
• Quality of Care: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Adjusts practice to improve quality.
• Lends clinical quality improvement efforts as needed.
• Performance Appraisal: Evaluates his/her own nursing practice in relation to professional standards and relevant statutes and regulations.
• 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.
• Delegates nursing interventions to those qualified to perform tasks.
• Participates in clinical/operational efforts that involve Clinic Operations overall as needed.
• 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.
• Prepares equipment and assists provider during procedures, treatments, examinations, and testing of patients.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with the client, significant others and healthcare providers and team members in providing patient care.
• Makes referrals to the appropriate team member regarding client identified needs.
• Coordinates clinic patient care activities, to include patient care crisis issues and complaints.
• Observes, records, and reports patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to provider.
• Dispenses medications as directed.
• 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.
• Oversees appointment scheduling and ensures preferences are given to patients in emergency situations.
• Maintains timely flow of patients.
• Performs nursing assessments and evaluations of patients and documents information.
• Provides continuity of care through verbal and written communication.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
• Suggests solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
• Observes, records and reports patient's condition and