Excellent Healthcare Benefits - No cost Healthcare for Employee, low-cost healthcare for dependents
Participation in the 403 (b) or 457(b) retirement programs
Pension (15+% annually)
The role you will play
Provides working supervision to other nursing staff and/or other non-licensed medical or office support personnel. Maintains a safe and secure environment to meet patient needs. Facilitates patient scheduling for all tests and visits.
Completes billing of all nursing procedures including any infusion therapy. Precepts new staff to the clinic processes related to operations. Directs the duties of the Medical Office Assistant and Clinic Staff Assistant to facilitate clinic operations.
Prepares equipment and assists physicians during physical exams and medical procedures. Prepares patient for the physician exam. Chaperones physician visit. Prepares and administers medications as prescribed by physician. Takes, records, and reports patient vital signs using medical equipment; inspects equipment and facilities visually and physically to ensure patient safety and proper functioning of equipment. Obtains any specimens ordered by the physician for collection.
Documents nursing assessment. Documents patient care interventions and education in medical records; ensures appropriate patient consents and authorizations are obtained for research and/or medical treatment. Delivers nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with stated medical plan of care while observing and recording signs, symptoms, and behavior of patients in medical records. Participates in interdisciplinary rounds. Works with the multidisciplinary care team to facilitate patient quality of life throughout the cancer trajectory.
Participates in evaluating nursing needs of patients; assesses problems affecting patients; recommends policy and/or procedural changes according to nursing expertise; schedules patients’ appointments, tests, and procedures via on-line computer system or telephone. Facilitates patient-physician communication and assists the patient through the treatment process. Covers the care of patients when a nurse who usually assists with their care is not in the clinic.
Precepts new nursing staff to the nursing process within the clinic . Consistently assists all new staff in the clinic in order to assure their success.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Background
BSN required
2 years’ experience oncology nursing
Oncology Nursing Certification (OCN, CPHON, CBCN, or BMTCN required)
Community
No state income tax!
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