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Registered Nurse - Oncology Unit - 36 hours per week - 12 hour midnight shift
Full-Time Benefit Eligible
Shift: 12 hour midnight shift with alternating weekend schedule
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team. Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.
UNIT OVERVIEW:
29 bed Medical Oncology and Inpatient Hospice unit. This unit sees patients that have cancer diagnoses that may require inpatient chemotherapy/immunotherapy infusions. Comfort, end of life, and hospice care are also provided by the nursing staff. The unit also cares for patients post-bariatric surgery and does not have telemetry.
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- BSN preferred.
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
- Health care provider certification (BCLS).