Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Medical Oncology Infusion

Company: Avera Health
Location: Sioux Falls
Posted on: April 15, 2025

Job Description:

Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Medical Oncology Infusion at Avera Health summary:
As a Registered Nurse in Outpatient Medical Oncology Infusion at Avera Cancer Institute, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care to oncology patients, including chemotherapy treatments and supportive services. The role requires developing nursing care plans, educating patients and families about health requirements, and maintaining a safe environment while adhering to infection control and safety standards. This position offers a structured schedule with occasional evenings and weekends, focusing on compassionate care and a commitment to Avera's mission and values.
Location:Avera Cancer Institute-Sioux FallsWorker Type:RegularWork Shift:Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)Pay Range:The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.$30.50 - $45.75Position HighlightsPrimarily 8am-5pm. Occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays. No call involvement. Prairie Center InfusionCollaborate with clinic, provider, and pharmacy to deliver chemotherapy treatments and symptomatic care to oncology patient population.You Belong at AveraBe part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview

Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What you will do

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
  
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
  
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
  
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
  
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
  
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
  
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventative maintenance; calling for repairs.
  
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
  Essential Qualifications
  
  The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
  
  Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
  
  
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire and
  • ONS Fundamentals Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 1 Year or
  • ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 1 Year
    Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
    
    
    • Previous Oncology experience
      Expectations and Standards
      
      
      • Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
        
      • Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
        
      • Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
        
      • Maintain confidentiality.
        
      • Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
        
      • Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.
        Benefits You Need & Then SomeAvera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
        • PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
        • Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan
        • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
        • Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorshipAvera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to .
          
          Keywords:
          Registered Nurse, Oncology Nursing, Infusion Therapy, Patient Care, Chemotherapy, Healthcare Team, Patient Education, Nursing Care Plans, Emotional Support, Avera Cancer Institute
          

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