Specialty Clinic Registered Nurse; RN): Radiation Oncology

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift: Day Shift

Description:

At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities — that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.
Mercy One North Iowa is the largest provider of health care services in our region, and we are proudly the largest employer in Cerro Gordo County. Our hospital is a private, not-for-profit health care center, licensed for 346 beds, which serves more than 400,000 inpatients and outpatients each year. In addition, Mercy One North Iowa is a teaching institution. We conduct a Family Medicine Residency, Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiology Fellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and a School of Radiologic Technology.

Mercy One North Iowa is a clinical training site for approximately 500 students from 127 different colleges enrolled in programs for medical laboratory, nursing, paramedic, rehabilitation, medical assistants, pastoral services, physicians and many other medical fields.
MERCYONE NORTH IOWA CANCER CENTER
When it comes to cancer care, there’s no substitute for experience. That’s why Mercy One North Iowa Cancer Center offers you the most respected and sophisticated oncology care; including state-of-the-art therapies, personalized medicine and surgery in combination with clinical research and many support services. Our Cancer Center is staffed by highly specialized and caring professionals with numerous years of experience in providing high quality cancer care.
The Mercy One North Iowa Cancer Center is truly unique because it was designed to provide a broad spectrum of necessary treatment services in one, easy-to-access location. Having all of our services in one location means you can coordinate with your entire care team without traveling to several locations to receive outstanding care.
Want to learn more about Mercy One North Iowa Cancer Center? :

Join the Mercy One Family! We are looking to hire a Clinic RN at our Mercy One North Iowa Cancer Center clinic As a Specialty Clinic Registered Nurse at Mercy One, you accepts responsibility and accountability for the delivery of care through the use of the nursing process. Directs and guides patient and family education. Cares for all types of oncology/hematology and related patients in Medical Oncology while maintaining professional nursing standards.

Practices nursing within the Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa professional nursing practice plan.
Schedule:

• Full time 36 hours a week
• 8:00a-4:30p
• No Weekends No Holidays

• Demonstrates customer service to others as a number one priority and accomplishes this by integrating Service Excellence into all aspects of the work day, taking responsibility for service recovery and working for outcomes that delight the customer.
• Evaluates patient/family response to nursing interventions. Acts as a resource for the nursing interventions. Acts as a resource for the nursing process to other clinical nurses.
• Assesses patients and identifies common physical and psychosocial needs. Develops ability to identify unusual, complex physical and psychosocial needs.
• Guides and directs patient care activities for above indicated population, by utilizing clinical/critical thinking skills and evidence based practice. Triages patient phone calls and assesses for level of care needed, referring to physicians or providing nursing intervention as assessment indicates.
• Assists the physicians/midlevel provider in patient care activities (consultations, exams, procedures, follow-ups, treatments.)
• Provides or facilitates learning opportunities to meet the educational needs of the patient and family by assessing the learning needs and by formulating and initiating a teaching plan to meet those needs.
• Serves as an educator to patients and families regarding management of parental and oral antineoplastic therapy administration, safe-handling, medical adherence, and side[1]effect management of said therapy.
• Collaborates with members of the inter-disciplinary health care team to achieve…