Job Abstract

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders. Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. Maintains professional gr... more details

RN - Oncology Float Pool Unit

Cleveland

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Cancer Center-Nursing Institute

F00172

Days

7:00am-7:30pm

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work next to talented caregivers and provide exceptional and highly ranked care. Cleveland Clinic’s Cancer Center provides complete cancer care enhanced by internationally recognized research efforts, offering the most effective techniques to achieve long-term survival and improve patients’ quality of life.

At Cleveland Clinic, the Cancer Center’s team of specialists explores all options and tailors the most appropriate plan for each patient with multiple myeloma – offering the greatest chance of achieving disease remission and living a long and healthy life.

We have an opening for an Oncology Float Pool Registered Nurse. This wonderful and empathetic disciplinary team will have the chance to float to Inpatient Adult Oncology Units at Main Campus Cleveland Clinic. These units include: G110: Bone Marrow Transplant, G111: Leukemia, G70: Solid Tumor Oncology, M71: Lymphoma and Multipole Myeloma Oncology.

Our goal is that all caregivers provide patients with the highest quality, safest care possible – exuding the Cleveland Clinic nursing organization’s values of quality, safety, innovation, teamwork, integrity, empathy, and inclusion.

Your primary duties will include:

· Providing direct nursing care.

· Monitoring, recording, and communicating patients’ conditions as appropriate.

· Preparing patient care plans.

· Administering prescribed medications.

· Performing bedside hand-off reports and thorough bedside daily rounds.

The ideal candidate is someone who:

· Possesses exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.

· Is passionate

· Encourage and motivate people to make positive changes

· Has strong written and verbal communication skills.

· Has excellent interpersonal skills to relate effectively with co-workers and patients.

· Has the ability to problem solve and de-escalate crisis situations.

This is a high-quality chance for already skilled Nurses to discover Cleveland Clinic’s Oncology team and obtain hands-on experience in this gratifying unit. This field has many opportunities for advancement.

Cleveland Clinic provides what matters most: career growth, delivering world-class care to our patients, continuous learning, exceptional benefits and working for an organization that offers many long-term career paths. Join us and experience a culture where opportunities to advance and the support to get there go hand in hand.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
• Implements and monitors patient care plans.
• Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Maintains professional growth and development through ongoing formal and informal education and clinical nursing study.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• BSN preferred.

Certifications:

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN).
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire.
• If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)  through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment.
• Within one year of hire RNs in Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation will achieve and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) with the exception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit RNs who must achieve and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) provider status and RNs in the Special Delivery Unit, who must achieve and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
• (ONS) Chemo/Bio course complete within 2 years of employment if employed on units inpatient and/or outpatient where chemo is administered.
• If in an Adult/Combined EDs, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)  through American Heart Association (AHA)  upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

• If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.

• In Dedicated Trauma Centers, Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC - adult) or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC - pediatric) upon hire or within 24 months of beginning work in the Emergency Department.
• Vascular Access Registered Nurse (VARN) program attendance required and obtains either a Certified Registered Nurse Infusion (CRNI) or Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC) certification upon hire or within a year of hire in Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) areas.

Work Experience:

• Minimum one year current acute care RN experience in a hospital setting required for acute care settings.
• Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or skilled nursing facility (SNF) experience required for SNF care settings.
• Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or rehab experience required for rehab care settings.
• Minimum one year current acute care RN experience and/or Emergency Department (ED) experience required for ED settings.

• Will consider licensed military RN experience.

• 2 years oncology experience required

Physical Requirements:

• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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