Registered Nurse - Oncology Clinic

10,000 Bonus!!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Obtain history and physical
• Family counseling
• Facilitate supervising physician referral of patients to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies, or other resources of the community or other physicians
• Dictate progress notes, history and physical, and discharge summaries
• Administer and or order medication upon request of supervising physician
• Initiate emergency resuscitation and stabilization measures on any patient requiring such
• Perform chart audits
• Initiate consultation and monitor patients for special tests
• Counsel patients as to preventive care
• Share on –call responsibilities with a supervising physician on back-up
• All other specific tasks delegated by supervising physician in accordance to the physician assistant’s knowledge and experience developed under the supervising physician in the field of radiation oncology
• Make daily rounds on patients to include: writing notes; orders and schedules tests; planning discharge; and communicating with families, patients and other health care providers.
• Dictate discharge summaries.
• Assess patients referred for consultation and coordinate their care.
• Assist physicians in special procedures when other responsibilities are fulfilled.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Creole speaking desired

• Holds a current RN license and is in good standing
• Able to perform health care tasks in radiation oncology delegated by supervising physician efficiently and effectively consistent with patient’s health and welfare
• Able to obtain and sustain clinical hospital privileges
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Current BLS

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate of an approved program or its equivalent
• Experience in clinical setting preferred