What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN or RN Surgical Oncology Outpatient position at Premier Surgical Associates?
Job Overview
Join our outpatient surgical oncology services team as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN). You’ll support patients through health visits by coordinating care, completing assessments, and helping the clinical team deliver clear, compassionate service. This role calls for sound nursing judgment, careful documentation, and a steady focus on privacy and infection control.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients, obtain vital signs and intake information, and identify concerns for timely clinical follow-up.
- Support appointments, coordinate diagnostic evaluations.
- Administer medications and injections within scope, and follow infection-control procedures.
- Maintain accurate medical documentation in electronic health records (EHR) and protect patient information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Your impact: Timely triage and coordinated follow-up help patients understand next steps and support continuity of care.
- Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of accepted clinical procedures.
- Provides professional care for surgical patients following established standards approved by Premier physicians. Assists in coordinating patient peri-operative surgical and outpatient care.
- Prepares equipment and performs and assists with examinations, diagnostic procedures, treatments, wound care, and office procedures as ordered by physicians.
- Completes phone calls from patients, pharmacies, hospital with regard to medication questions.
- Efficiently organizes patient flow by timely obtaining authorizations for care as needed, ensuring receipt of test results differentiating abnormal and normal findings and bringing those to the attention of the physician.
- Provides accurate, complete, legible and timely documentation of all nursing procedures in the medical record.
- Respects the dignity, confidentiality and privacy of patients and fellow employees.
- Obtains appropriate patient consents for treatment and authorizations for release of information.
- Provides sufficient information to allow patients and their significant others to participate in the patient's care.
- Provides educational resources to the patient/family as appropriate.
- Timely and accurately responds to requests for clinical information for patients’ treatment including prescription requests, telephonic questions and other communications requesting a timely reply.
Qualifications
- Current LPN or RN license required; ability to provide patient care within applicable scope and clinical protocols.
- Outpatient, clinic, medical office, or other nursing experience preferred; breast services or oncology experience is an asset.
- Patient assessment, triage, medication administration, vital signs, and medical documentation skills.
- Familiarity with EHR or electronic medical record (EMR) systems; Epic or Cerner experience is helpful.
Pay: $26.00 - $38.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $26 - $38