Chemotherapy Infusion Oncology Registered Nurse (RN) | Out-Patient Oncology Infusion | VFT/Day |Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital

Location: Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando, FL

Department: Out-Patient Oncology Infusion

Type: Variable Full-time Shift: Day Shift ** 4 days a week (Monday-Friday/day off alternates every week ** CANDIDATE MUST BE "CPHON" CERTIFIEDExperience preferably in peds hem/onc or BMT.

Responsibilities Essential Functions: Coordinates out-patient care and acts as a liaison between the provider, family, and office team. Demonstrates excellent ability to perform patient assessments and provides symptom management as well as patient and family education. Sets up and administers chemotherapy, fluids, and other medications via venous access consistently following the "five rights."Practices safe administration of chemotherapy/biotherapy, infusions, injections, and transfusions. Chemotherapy dose checks and monitors lab values for administration. Manages and can perform phlebotomy blood draws. Monitors side effects to chemotherapy and other medications and recognizes potential drug interactions. Accesses central catheters (PORTS/PICC).Acts as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment and follow-up including, but not exclusive to providers, social work, dietician, integrative medicine, pharmacy, navigators, laboratory, radiation therapy, genetics, and clinical research. Educates patients regarding chemotherapy, labs, procedures, symptoms, medications, and other information as needed. Reviews incoming lab, imaging, and procedure results. Forward abnormal results to providers. Triages patients through use of pathways and collaboration with physicians for toxicities, symptom management, and needs for referrals within the RN scope of practice. Manages a caseload of patients receiving a variety of infusion and oral therapies on an outpatient basis. Ability to flex between inpatient and outpatient areas to administer chemotherapy based on department and patient needs. Demonstrates high level skills to manage complex workload effectively to provide safest, high-quality care. Demonstrates an excellent ability to communicate through various methods and with various audiences to achieve desired outcome(s).Participates and engages in continuous professional development, safety behaviors and focus on the patient experience.

Physical Requirements: Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

Qualifications: Education/Training Required: Associate degree or Diploma in Registered Nursing

Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Experience: At least 2 years in oncology nursing. Nurses will be required to be proficient in management of central line and various invasive medical devices as well as infection protocol.