Rn Cancer Infusion Center

Suffolk, Virginia
Overview
Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity. Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care. Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations. Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Riverside Health system and facility goals and strategic plans.
What you will do

• Partners with patients and their family to develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Incorporates evidence based standards of practice and collaborates with interdisciplinary team in care coordination. Facilitates safe patient transition to next level of care as part of plan of care.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations. Modifies education method to ensure patient/family understanding. Assumes responsibility to coordinate and deliver individualized patient education and discharge specific education to family/caregivers. Evaluates for comprehension and documents.
• Demonstrates sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to ensure patient receives consistent, competent and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient when addressing service needs to ensure evidence based quality care of patient.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population. Demonstrates nursing unit specific competencies and equipment training, see checklists.
• Delegates and prioritizes tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and service excellence to meet the patient's care needs.. Recognizes and responds to emergency situations. Evaluates resources and support needed and uses systems to ensure needs are met.

Qualifications
Education

• Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
• Program Graduate, Registered Nurse (Required)

Experience

• 1 year Staff Nurse (Required)

Licenses and Certifications

• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)
• Specialty Certification in Nursing Specialty within 1 Year (Preferred)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - State Department of Health Professions (Required)

• Wellness & fitness center discounts
• Medical Plan Options
• Healthy lifestyle incentives
• Vision and Dental plans (including orthodontic care)
• Riverside Health System services discount
• Onsite pharmacy and delivery options
• Flexible spending and savings accounts

• Whole Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Critical Illness Insurance

• Specialty Certification Financial Assistance
• CEUs (MedBridge Education)
• 403(b) Savings Plan (Immediate Matching)
• Company Wide Bonus Program
• Employee Help Fund

• Paid Time Off (full- and part-time team members)
• Community involvement opportunities
• Adoption Assistance
• Extended illness bank
• Employee Assistance Program
• Area retail discounts
• Care.com membership