Description

American Traveler is seeking an experienced RN for a Medical Oncology/Infusion position at an outpatient cancer care clinic in South Dakota, requiring at least 1 year of outpatient infusion oncology experience and Epic Ambulatory proficiency.

Details

• Outpatient oncology infusion clinic setting with 32 infusion chairs
• Medical Oncology/Chemotherapy Infusion unit serving a broad cancer patient population including solid tumor, GYN, breast, and hematology oncology patients
• Nurses are expected to manage 5-8 patients per day with a maximum of 3-4 patients at a time
• 8-hour day shifts, 40 hours per week
• No weekends and no on-call responsibilities
• No major holidays required; minor holidays may be scheduled when the clinic is open
• Floating to other clinics within the Cancer Care Institute may be required
• Epic Ambulatory used for charting; Omnicell used for medication dispensing

Requirements

• Active RN license — South Dakota or compact state license currently in hand
• Current BLS certification required
• ONS Chemotherapy certification required
• OCN certification preferred
• Minimum of 1.5 years of total nursing experience, with at least 1 year of current outpatient infusion oncology experience
• Broad oncology experience required, covering solid tumor, GYN, breast, and hematology cancers — candidates with experience limited to BMT or other highly specialized oncology only will not be considered
• 1+ year of Epic Ambulatory experience required
• Proficiency with chemotherapy infusion, chart checks, rooming patients (VS, weight, review of systems), and medication reconciliation
• Must have completed at least two 13-week travel assignments — first-time travelers will not be considered
• 2 professional references dated within the past year required for consideration
• DOB and SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include chemotherapy infusion administration, patient education (new patient chemotherapy, home care, precautions, and symptom/side effect management), and symptom management for patients on active treatment
• Nurses are expected to self-assign patients to maintain patient flow and equitable team workload
• Strong communication skills required; includes completing whiteboard documentation with every patient, notifying the charge nurse before sending provider communications, and involving the charge nurse in every patient reaction
• Support team includes department leadership, charge nurse, resource nurse, CAs, scheduler, pharmacy, rapid response and code teams, and clinic physicians and CNPs
• Departmental orientation is typically 3–5 days, subject to change based on individual skillset and comfort level
• Time off requires manager approval
• Navy blue scrubs required
• Free parking available on site
• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility to be eligible
• Former permanent staff must wait 1 full year before returning in a travel capacity