CNI; RN Medical Oncology Cancer Center Per Diem

Overview

The Registered Nurse is a clinical practitioner who coordinates and implements patient care for the age-specific patient population served on the assigned units. This role ensures that quality care is provided in an efficient and safe manner, consistent with the unit's standards of care. It demonstrates alignment with the mission, philosophy, and goals of the unit and organization, and maintains quality and effectiveness in professional practice.

The nurse treats staff, physicians, patients, and families with consideration and respect.

Note:

The original description emphasizes clinical coordination and patient care delivery aligned with unit standards and organizational goals, including maintaining high-quality and safe care and respectful interaction with staff, physicians, patients, and families.

Education: Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nursing.

Certification/Licenses: Current New Mexico RN license or current Compact state license. BLS Certification required or within 2 weeks of hire date. All other required certifications must be obtained within 6 months of hire date. If the nurse has the required certifications at time of hire, they must maintain the certifications and will not have a grace period to renew.

Skills: Current knowledge and skills appropriate to the age/type of patient population served. Knowledgeable and sensitive to patients  rights in the delivery of care. Communicates in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the developmental age of the patient.

• Responsible to:
  Patient Care Director or Manager

• Bloodborne pathogen C (OR, PACU, L &
  
  D);
• Bloodborne pathogen B (other Patient Care areas). Exposure to infectious diseases and x-rays.

Works in a clean, well lighted, ventilated smoke-free environment. Subject to stressful professional relationships. Working hours are varied, with flexibility due to unexpected changes in schedule and emergencies.

Must be able to handle emergency/crisis situations, prolonged, extensive or considerable standing and walking. Requires heavy physical effort to position, push and/or transfer patients or equipment and supplies. Requires considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching. Ability to judge distance and space relationships, see peripherally, distinguish and identify different colors. Hearing and visual acuity within normal or correctable limits. Manual dexterity and fine motor coordination required.