What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Nurse - Oncology position at Indian Health Services?
Location: Tuba City, AZ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Type: Tribal Salary Range: $39 to $61 / Per Hour Open Period: 1/4/2025 to 1/31/2025 Summary: The focus of the center is to treat hematology and first-time diagnosed oncology patients. Further down the road, the Specialty Care Center will offer services to previously-treated oncology patients whose treatment has already been completed at the time of referral. The Specialty Care Center is committed to offering compassionate patient-centered care, delivered right in Tuba City, by experienced cancer specialists. Our services include: o Physician Consultation o Chemotherapy/Biotherapy/ Immunotherapy o Laboratory o Hydration o Non-Oncologic Infusions o Oncology Case Management o Nutritional Counseling o Pharmacy and Pharmacy Counseling The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community.
This position provides specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through all stages of treatment. The incumbent is responsible for providing medical oncology and other infusion treatments and education regarding these treatments to patients with cancer, ensuring continuity of evidence-based nursing care for patients undergoing chemotherapy, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families, and other caregivers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. More info about area: https://tchealth.org/ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Duties: 1. Assesses and evaluates patients with acute and chronic problems related to cancer and cancer therapies according to standardized nursing procedures. 2. Provides direct patient care to oncology and hematology patients receiving outpatient infusion and other therapies, as required by caseload and staffing needs. 3. Manages a select caseload of patients receiving chemotherapy/biotherapy/supportive care on an outpatient basis. 4. Demonstrates knowledge and skills in intravenous access, the management of central venous catheters, venipuncture, and chemotherapy delivery, including the management of anaphylaxis and extravasation. 5. Administers chemotherapy/biotherapy/supportive care, performs patient assessment, and provides symptom management and patient and family education. 6. Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. 7. Acts as part of a multidisciplinary team providing continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment and follow-up. 8. Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial and nutritional support needs. 9. Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment, to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. 10. Ensures all patients have an accurate plan of care, reflecting the assessment undertaken and incorporating issues and recommendations. 11. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. 12. Complies with measures to actively manage and reduce risk to patients, and the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents. 13. Maintains contemporaneous and accurate treatment records, submitting relevant statistics, reports and activity data as requested. 14. Ensures all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures/ treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent. 15. Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 16. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, and eye or face shield as required. 17. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates). Qualifications: Education: Associate or bachelor degree in Nursing License/Certification:
Type: Tribal Salary Range: $39 to $61 / Per Hour Open Period: 1/4/2025 to 1/31/2025 Summary: The focus of the center is to treat hematology and first-time diagnosed oncology patients. Further down the road, the Specialty Care Center will offer services to previously-treated oncology patients whose treatment has already been completed at the time of referral. The Specialty Care Center is committed to offering compassionate patient-centered care, delivered right in Tuba City, by experienced cancer specialists. Our services include: o Physician Consultation o Chemotherapy/Biotherapy/ Immunotherapy o Laboratory o Hydration o Non-Oncologic Infusions o Oncology Case Management o Nutritional Counseling o Pharmacy and Pharmacy Counseling The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community.
This position provides specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through all stages of treatment. The incumbent is responsible for providing medical oncology and other infusion treatments and education regarding these treatments to patients with cancer, ensuring continuity of evidence-based nursing care for patients undergoing chemotherapy, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families, and other caregivers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. More info about area: https://tchealth.org/ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Duties: 1. Assesses and evaluates patients with acute and chronic problems related to cancer and cancer therapies according to standardized nursing procedures. 2. Provides direct patient care to oncology and hematology patients receiving outpatient infusion and other therapies, as required by caseload and staffing needs. 3. Manages a select caseload of patients receiving chemotherapy/biotherapy/supportive care on an outpatient basis. 4. Demonstrates knowledge and skills in intravenous access, the management of central venous catheters, venipuncture, and chemotherapy delivery, including the management of anaphylaxis and extravasation. 5. Administers chemotherapy/biotherapy/supportive care, performs patient assessment, and provides symptom management and patient and family education. 6. Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. 7. Acts as part of a multidisciplinary team providing continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment and follow-up. 8. Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial and nutritional support needs. 9. Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment, to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. 10. Ensures all patients have an accurate plan of care, reflecting the assessment undertaken and incorporating issues and recommendations. 11. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. 12. Complies with measures to actively manage and reduce risk to patients, and the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents. 13. Maintains contemporaneous and accurate treatment records, submitting relevant statistics, reports and activity data as requested. 14. Ensures all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures/ treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent. 15. Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 16. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, and eye or face shield as required. 17. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates). Qualifications: Education: Associate or bachelor degree in Nursing License/Certification:
• Must have valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or territory of the United States
• Must have ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Provider Card
• Must maintain current valid certification of the following throughout employment: o Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association o Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association Experience:
• Must have two (2) years practice experience as a nurse in the acute care and/or ambulatory care setting including three (3) years of oncology nursing experience
• Must have hands-on experience in all routes of infusion therapy, including peripheral lines, PICCs, implanted ports and other central venous access and different chemotherapy regimen Other Skills and Abilities: A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:
• Strong networking and relationship skills with demonstrated ability to work with staff, physicians, patients, and the general public
• Experience and knowledge in the management of the physiologic and psychological effects of illness and subsequent treatment; experience in cancer care and treatment a plus
• Possess understanding of Medical Oncology, Oncology Nursing, and other cancer treatment modalities
• High motivated, self-directed individual with a demonstrated understanding of nursing care in ambulatory service delivery
• Ability to provide direct care appropriate to support the specific populations served in Oncology Services
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Excellent writing, communication, and computer skills
• Completion of and, above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance Work Type: Permanent, Full Announcement #: 2024 - 2672 Who May Apply? All Groups of Qualified Individuals Get Details & Apply: https://careers-tchealth.icims.com/jobs/2672/clinical-nurse---oncology-(dh8009)/job?mode=view Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Salary : $39 - $61
