Travel Nurse RN – Oncology – $2,462 per week in Brooklyn, NY

Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Oncology
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 9am – 5pm
Hours per Shift: 7.50
Experience: Minimum 2 years RN experience; 2 years of medical/oncology experience preferred.
License: NYS RN License
Certifications: BLS
Must-Have: EPIC experience highly preferred

Description:
The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.

Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care.

Applies the nursing process based upon theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards.

Assesses and evaluates patient care needs and applies critical thinking skills in patient care management.

Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.

Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.

Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning after hospital care.

Educates patients and caregivers about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease.

Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, families, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.

Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model and demonstrates effective allocation of material resources.

Role models the tenets of Relationship Centered Care through various patient engagement actions.

Considers the patient’s values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care.

Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients and their families.

Uses evidence-based practices to enhance understanding of patients’ perceptions of care.

Initiates service recovery for patients and family members with concerns.

Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.

Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.

Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served.

Implements process improvement strategies based on evidence-based practices.

Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.

Contributes to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures.

Implements principles of high reliability to provide a safe environment for patients.

Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practices following appropriate protocols.

Utilizes information technology by documenting nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.

Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.

Coordinates with the Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Manager to ensure supplies are utilized effectively and inventory is sufficient.

Escalates material or staffing resource deficits as needed.

Documents in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with standards of care.

Facilitates patient throughput on a shift basis.

Contributes to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients, and their families.

Advances clinical competence in nursing practice to progress from novice to expert.

Projects a professional image to colleagues and communicates in a caring and respectful manner.

Incorporates ethical principles into decision-making for patients and families.

Encourages and demonstrates a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.

Participates in shared decision-making through specialty practice councils and unit initiatives.