RN IV- Medical Oncology - Oncology
Company: UT Health San Antonio
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: April 23, 2024
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Job Description:
RN IV- Medical Oncology
Job Summary:
Night Shift, Medical Oncology , Full-Time
The Registered Nurse IV practices at the level of an expert
practitioner of nursing. The nurse at this level demonstrates
expertise in caring for patients with multiple and complex
problems. In addition to demonstrating clinical leadership on the
unit, the Registered Nurse IV serves as a resource and system-wide
consultant to staff and participates in endeavors to increase
nursing knowledge. The Registered Nurse IV functions as a clinical
leader.
Job Duties:
* Promotes an environment that values diversity, open
communication, teamwork and exceptional service. Ensures that
appropriate care and services are available to patients, clients
and families for assigned shift.
* Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client
care planning to achieve desired patient outcomes. Coordinates care
with interdisciplinary team members. Demonstrates and role models
clinical expertise in specified patient population and shares
expertise with other staff.
* Promotes and ensures the use of the nursing process to provide
quality patient care. Assesses and anticipates patient and family
learning needs and organizes resources to ensure that they are met.
Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care
plan.
* Coordinates, designs and implements educational programs to meet
identified learning needs of staff, patients and families. Promotes
and ensures staff participation in continuing education,
orientation, competency, in-service and staff development
offerings.
* Participates in development and implementation of competency
initiatives. Serves as an area of specialty consultant in the
design of educational programs.
* Participates in development of and provides clinical expertise
for patient education materials. Promotes professional growth of
self and staff. Promotes a conducive environment for learning and
provides educational experiences for students.
* Creates and promotes an environment conducive to recruiting and
retaining staff. Provides feedback to Manager/Assistant Nurse
Manager and Director to assist in hiring, promoting, transferring
and terminating staff.
* Assists Nurse Manager by providing assigned staff with
performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals.
* Models and promotes behaviors that effectively give continual
feedback to staff and colleagues. Integrates best practice
standards regarding retention of staff in all aspects of
practice.
* Establishes and promotes standards of excellence for areas of
responsibility and ensures consistent implementation by staff.
Provides input about trends related to program development, space
needs and fiscal realities.
* Collaborates with Nurse Manager to evaluate research that is
applicable to practice and promotes changes in standards of care as
appropriate. Guides research development and implementation.
Utilizes resources in asking research questions and applying
appropriate research methods. Shares knowledge with colleagues
through publication, presentations or other means.
* Develops, implements and evaluates new and creative approaches to
meeting goals. Leads, participates and promotes performance
improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or
quality of care opportunities.
* Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited School of Nursing
required
* Five (5) years nursing experience in a healthcare environment
required
* Current Texas Board of Nursing (or Compact State) RN license
required or temporary TX License (Permanent license to be obtained
within 90 days of hire)
* American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) required
* Chemo Competent
* Preferred Chemo Certified (ONS)
Additional Information
Keywords: UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio , RN IV- Medical Oncology - Oncology, Healthcare , San Antonio, Texas
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