Transplant

Stem Cell Transplant RN

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The RN, Stem Cell Transplant I will:

• Provide nursing care to oncology patients across the adult and geriatric spectrum in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Demonstrate competency across the continuum of malignant hematology and stem cell transplantation.
• Deliver high-quality care across all domains of practice when caring for patients receiving cellular therapies.
• Develop and implement an individualized plan of utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Be responsible for inspiring and guiding other qualified patient care team members to ensure enhanced patient outcomes through effective communication, collaboration, mentorship, and effective delegation in the exercise of his/her independent judgment.
• Address physical, spiritual, emotional, and educational needs of the patient and caregiver in the delivery of nursing care.
• Coordinate the plan of care with other healthcare professionals, support persons, and all members of the healthcare team.
• Collaborates with physicians and other health care providers to provide direct and indirect care to patients across the continuum of malignant hematology and stem cell transplantation.
• Provides critical staffing to multiple patient care areas including the Cellular Therapy Inpatient Unit and Specialty Clinic.

Formally trained in the understanding of hematopoietic stem cell transplant and other cellular therapies, including disease states, transplant immunology, sources and procurement of stem cells, components of patient evaluation, education, conditioning regimens, stem cell reinfusion, engraftment and recovery, acute effects of transplant, discharge, and follow-up care.

Competent in the administration of cellular therapy products, including hematopoietic stem cells, and immune effector cells, and other cellular therapies.

Competent in the safe administration of high dose chemotherapy, innovative cellular therapies, immunotherapies, stem cell reinfusions, blood products, growth factors, hydration, and associated medications.

Competent to assist in special procedures such as bone marrow biopsy or donor apheresis stem cell mobilization and collection.

Competent in providing care for immunocompromised patients with complex needs.

Qualifications:

• -1-3 years of recent Cellular Therapy experience (Stem Cell Transplant and/or Immune Effector Cell), or as deemed qualified by Cellular Therapy Leadership.
• Or completion of CTCA-COH Cellular Therapy Training Program and Orientation.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• Arizona Registered Nurse License or a Registered Nurse License from a Compact State.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Certificate is preferred upon hire, required before completion of nursing orientation, with renewal every two years.
• Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation course within 30 days of hire. Exempt with proof of previous ONS equivalent course or Blood & Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN) certification.