RN-Infusion; H Oncology

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling

WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group South Madison Campus

Worker Type: Regular

• Join a team of REMARKABLE nurses that use compassion and teamwork to care for their inspiring patients.
• Connect and form therapeutic relationships with oncology patients.
• Provide education and support to patients receiving chemotherapy. Administer chemotherapy and monitor patients during their treatment.
• Participate in ongoing oncology educational and growth opportunities.
• Opportunities to train in triage after 1 year of experience.
• Opportunity to have variety within the same department by also rotating in the lab. Emphasis on accessing ports and utilizing central lines to draw patient’s labs while remaining a resource to the team administering chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

Department:
Ambulatory Infusion Chemotherapy

Patient Population or Ratio: 3-5 average patients a day

Schedule:

Day Shift, Monday through Friday, No Holidays or Weekends. Potential for 8- or 10-hour shifts. Clinic is open from

Location:

South Madison Campus

Performs the primary functions of a registered nurse in assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of all assigned patients.

• Supports the care of the patient and assesses and addresses the needs of the patient/family.
• Works collaboratively with other interprofessional team members in resolving patient/family problems, concerns and issues.
• Collaborates with other departments as needed to establish the patient/family treatment plan.
• Individualizes, implements, evaluates or updates the plan of care and patient educational needs regarding vascular access.
• Possesses the ability to complete intravenous insertion and assessment to include peripheral and central line access.
• Utilizes equipment such as point of care ultrasound equipment and intravenous infusion pumps as appropriate.
• Demonstrates proper interpretation of department specific policies and related laboratory results to safely manage specific patient needs.
• Implements, monitors and records patient care and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Takes appropriate actions to unanticipated changes in patient condition.
• Utilizes the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to access treatment and therapy plans.
• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age‑specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's scope of service.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

• No experience required

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• And
• Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• Or
• Anticoagulation Therapy Management Certification - University of Southern Indiana…