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Oncology Surgical Registered Nurse

Odell Medical Search

Oncology Surgical Registered Nurse

Dallas, TX
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Facility

    • World Renowned for its Research
    • Commitment to excellence
    • Academic Medical Facility

    Benefits
    • Excellent Healthcare Benefits
    • No cost Healthcare for Employee, low-cost healthcare for dependents
    • Participation in the 403 (b) or 457(b) retirement program
    • Pension

    The role you will play
    • Facilitates patient scheduling for all tests and visits.
    • Completes billing of all nursing procedures including any infusion therapy.
    • Prepares equipment and assists physicians during physical exams and medical procedures.
    • Assists in determining resources required to provide appropriate and indicated level of care and assures availability of indicated resources prior to acceptance of patient.
    • Provides overview of services to be provided during hospitalization to patients, families, payers and referral sources.
    • Triages patient phone inquiries according to physician and/or departmental protocols and documents such inquiries and results in patients' medical records.
    • Notifies payer of admission and expected course of treatment and assigns initial length of stay in accordance with standards of care criteria as outlined in utilization.
    • Tracks data regarding intakes and referral sources.
    • Provides guidelines and instruction to staff regarding program promotion, intake and referral processes.
    • Communicates information about patient referred to rehab unit to appropriate physician.
    • Demonstrates knowledge of central line, port, and IV management. Provides nursing care to the patient undergoing complex procedures such as bone marrow biopsies or intrathecal chemotherapy
    • The bone marrow transplant nurse will be responsible for administering high dose chemotherapy and stem cell infusions.
    • Accepts additional responsibilities and organizes scheduled and unscheduled time
    • Administers chemotherapy and blood products in the infusion area
    • Provides patient counseling based on specialized and/or advanced knowledge gained through education and experience.

    Background
    • Associate’s degree (BSN preferred)
    • 2 years nursing experience, oncology experience preferred
    • Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) required.
    • BCLS required through American Heart Association as a Healthcare Provider
    • Current Texas (or BNE Compact State) nursing license.

    Community
    • No state income tax!
    • Dallas has consistently been on Forbes’s list of America’s fastest growing cities
    • Dallas, TX is the third-largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States
    • Dallas is #5 on Forbes Best Big Cities for jobs in 2016
    • Housing market allows a much larger house for your money compared to other large cities in the United States.
    • Home to one of the fastest-growing light rail systems in the nation
    • Uptown, an upscale neighborhood in Dallas, which has numerous restaurants, pubs, boutique hotels and shops
    • Dallas hosts lots of sporting like the Texas Rangers, World Champions Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Cowboys
    • Other attractions include Six Flags over Texas and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
    • 13 entertainment districts and much more