Registered Nurse (RN) - Oncology Infusion
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: February 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job
Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Work where every -moment
-matters.
The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute focuses on offering our
cancer patients an unparalleled network of coordinated services-
all under one roof. Our system of care includes a truly integrated
team with the most talented, experienced, and compassionate
caregivers and physicians, backed by the latest cutting-edge
technology.
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The Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at St. Vincent's Medical
Center has been designated as the first Care Partner of Memorial
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in the United States. Hartford
HealthCare is set to open a new state-of-the-art cancer center at
4185 Black Rock Turnpike near the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield in
April 2025. The 25,000-square-foot facility will offer
chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, surgical
consultations, imaging and laboratory testing on site.
Registered Nurse (RN) will work in our outpatient Infusion Centers
providing holistic, quality nursing care for patients/families
and/or others for a patient population within the Infusion Centers.
Responsibilities include but, are not limited to the following:
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--- Demonstrates excellent ability to perform patient assessments,
and provide symptom management as well as patient and family
education.
--- Practices safe administration of chemotherapy/biotherapy,
infusions, injections, and transfusions.
--- 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.
--- Collaborate with provider offices to schedule patients for
infusion visits.
--- Triage of patients through use of pathways and collaboration
with physicians for toxicities, symptom management and needs for
referrals within the RN scope of practice.
--- Manage a caseload of patients receiving a variety of infusion
and oral therapies on an outpatient basis.
--- 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.
--- Participates in the implementation of clinical support programs
to ensure optimal care throughout the health-care
continuum.Qualifications Minimum Requirements:
--- Current Connecticut RN License
--- Current OCN Chemotherapy/Biotherapy card (or within first month
of hire)
Education:
---BSN strongly preferred
Experience:
---Two (2) years of Previous Oncology Nursing experience strongly
preferred
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers
exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you
are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring
new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education
to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving
organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
Every moment matters. And this is -your moment.
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