Job Description

Do you have a passion for the highest clinical quality and patient happiness? Would you like to use your expert clinical competencies with an organization known nationally for excellence in cancer treatment, research and education? We would be happy to hear from you! Please consider the following exciting opportunity with one of the most outstanding and dynamic places to work in California as your next career move!

As Clinical Nurse III in the Oncology Clinic you will be supporting the Sarcoma and Phase I Research teams. The clinical nurse is expected to educate patients about their diagnosis, treatment plans, and what to expect during their oncology journey. Provide information on managing side effects and maintaining quality of life during treatment. The role also includes prioritizing patient communications and assessing the urgency of these messages to prioritize responses accordingly.   Care coordination includes collaborating with the healthcare team, including physicians, NP’s, PA’s, and interdisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care. As well as care coordination with referring medical offices. Clinic Nurse coordinates processing referrals to consulting providers, PFSP, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery. Assist in scheduling treatments and follow-up appointments. As well as monitoring patient progress and adjust care plans, as necessary. A strong knowledge of Oncology is preferred.

• Assesses appropriately patient care needs and learning needs in routine adult and geriatric populations. Uses new knowledge in routine and less complex patient situations.
• Demonstrates ability to document pertinent nursing assessment including physical and psycho-social findings on all assigned patients
• Prioritizes identified patient care problems within assigned patients and assumes responsibility for problem resolution, using all resources as appropriate
• Plans patient care and education based on disease process, anticipated patient outcomes, complications of treatment, and psycho-social needs in collaboration with team members
• Initiates and follows through with appropriate referrals to other interdisciplinary healthcare colleagues and providers
• Demonstrates knowledge of principles of growth and development throughout the lifespan to competently provide care to patients
• Utilizes effective time management to complete all assignments in a timely manner to ensure safety of patients
• Demonstrates competency in use of technical skills as required (i.e., IV therapy equipment utilization, universal precautions, body mechanics
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) monitoring to maintain or improve care of designated patient population

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required
• BSN preferred

• Current, unrestricted RN license in the state of California required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) Required or willing to acquire with in one year from start date

• A minimum of 3 year of acute care nursing experience required
• Experience in oncology nursing strongly preferred