Registered Nurse Cancer Care Clinic

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The RN works within a changing environment and inter‑professional teams to advocate for and promote wellness while ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and ethical nursing care. The RN shares their knowledge and expertise with others and contributes to the advancement of nursing practice excellence. The RN continually enhances their practice and competencies through ongoing learning, education, experience and reflective practice.

• Provide holistic, evidence‑based, culturally appropriate, patient‑centered quality care in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and SMH's mission, vision, values and policies.
• Be accountable for one's decisions and professional practice.
• Establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient.
• Collaborate with other members of the patient's care team.
• Coordinate and communicate patient care activities.
• Acquires information to assess patient care and learning needs.
• Develops a plan of care and integrates nursing activities with other inter‑professional activities.
• Engages in critical inquiry and reflection to select evidence‑based interventions.
• Organises nursing care and assigns or changes nursing care activities where appropriate.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care and adjusts the plan as needed.
• Anticipates, recognises and addresses rapidly changing situations.
• Provides health education to patients and their families using effective teaching strategies.
• Documents observations, assessments and care provision.
• Contributes to discharge and transition planning.
• Refers patient to other agencies or services as needed.
• Serves as the primary resource for organising and coordinating patient care activities.
• Establishes and maintains respectful, collaborative, therapeutic and inter‑professional relationships.
• Coordinates and communicates patient care activities for a safe and seamless transition and appropriate transfer of accountability.
• Participates in hospital committees and other groups.
• Aligns behaviour with SMH's vision, mission and values and Code of Conduct.
• Supports the advancement of professional practice.
• Utilises effective judgment in assigning patient care activities.
• Engages in self‑reflection, performance review and ongoing learning.
• Participates in mentoring, teaching and / or coaching students, co‑workers and other regulated and unregulated health professionals.
• Embraces change that leads to improved nursing practice and better patient outcomes.
• Advocates for a safe and healthy work environment.
• Participates in or supports research projects.
• Supports and participates in evidence based practice implementation and quality improvement initiatives.

Provides diagnosing/staging and treatment planning, chemotherapy/biotherapy treatments, non‑chemotherapy treatments, clinical trial treatments and follow‑up care/ monitoring, and palliative services.

• Current General Class (Practicing) Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• BLS certification.
• Relevant knowledge and/or experience in chemotherapy.
• Current de Souza Certification.
• De Souza Provincial Standardized Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Course.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other professions / disciplines in a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven planning, time management, organisation and coordination skills.
• Familiar with Hazardous Drug Policy.
• Experience in an outpatient oncology clinic.

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier‑free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.

We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Health Care Provider
• Hospitals and Health Care