Clinical Nurse : Cancer Outpatient Treatment Center

Position: Clinical Nurse I: Cancer Outpatient Treatment Center
Location: Northern

Clinical Nurse I:
Cancer Outpatient Treatment Center

Newport Beach, CA, United States

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Job Description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse I role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act to assigned patients on Medical/Surgical units. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely and appropriate quality patient care. This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned.

Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs. Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions. Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications

Education and Experience

Clinical Nurse I’s at Magnet designated facilities only require a BSN or that a BSN program is started within one year of hire date and BSN degree is attained within two years of the starting the BSN program.

BSN preferred.

Additional requirements for specific departments are as follows:
• Advanced Brain and Spine Unit: Fulfills mandatory stroke education requirements per certification. Neurology and Neurosurgery telemetry experience preferred, including but not limited to: stroke, seizure, brain tumor/surgery, Parkinson’s, spinal surgery.
• Acute Rehab: Experience in Functional Improvement Measure (FIM) preferred. Previous experience in rehab nursing preferred.
• Cardiac Telemetry: Successful completion of Sub-Intensive, Intermediate, Progressive or Critical Care course/experience preferred. Successful completion of ECG test required. Fulfills mandatory stroke education requirements per certification agency
• Gamma Knife: Previous telemetry experience preferred including but not limited to PACU, ED, ICU/CCU, GI Lab units. Successful completion of ECG test required.
• GI Lab: Moderate Sedation experience required. Previous GI nursing experience preferred. Solid computer technical skills required, including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and additional Organizational systems (Affinity, SMS, and PACS).
• Gyn/Urol: Medical/Surgical, Gyn/Urology experience preferred.
• Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI): Experience in cardiac telemetry required.
• Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI): Successful completion of ECG test required. Orthopedic nursing experience preferred. BSN preferred.
• Home Health: One (1) year of home health care experience preferred. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Hospice: Minimum of two (2) years’ experience, at least one of which is in the area of public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Ortho Surgery Center: Successful completion of ECG test required. Two years clinical/management experience preferred.
• Outpatient Chemical Dependency Program: At least 2 years of experience in addiction/behavioral health environment preferred. Self-motivated and directed, must have a positive attitude toward individuals in substance abuse treatment.
• Outpatient Treatment Centers Infusion: For Oncology infusion, oncology infusion experience is required. For Non-Oncology Infusion, no experience is required.
• Pain Management Center
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Pain Management Procedural/Clinic experience,…