Registered Nurse (Medical Oncology)

Quick Facts

• Full-time nights: 7:00 PM–7:30 AM with rotating shifts

• Inpatient medical oncology unit caring for adults (18+)

• Provides inpatient chemotherapy, symptom management, and palliative/end-of-life/hospice care

Description

Staff Nurse (Inpatient) is a clinically competent registered professional nurse who assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates individualized nursing care for acutely ill patients. The role includes prescribing, delegating, and coordinating nursing care while maintaining ANA standards and collaborating with patients, families, and the health care team.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data; identify expected outcomes; develop and implement an individualized plan of care and evaluate progress

• Direct nursing care and determine appropriate use of nursing assistants

• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create documented, outcome-focused plans and communicate decisions and services

• Participate in shared governance, committees, and unit projects

• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions and individualize the plan of care

• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Current Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate

• Strong analytic abilities

• ADN accepted only with commitment to obtain a BSN within three years of starting in the clinical nurse role

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package supports employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and provides protection for unexpected life events. Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification; sign-on bonus eligibility rules apply if included in the posting.