Travel Oncology RN - $2,990 per week

RadHealth+ is seeking a travel nurse RN Oncology for a travel nursing job in Dallas, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Oncology
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 10 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

The RN is a licensed professional who uses the Parkland nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery, that focuses on a particular patient population(s)/specific health conditions, by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN utilizes knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.

Responsibilities:
 

• Serves as a patient advocate, by focusing on patient needs, patient rights, confidentiality, and religious and cultural preferences.
• Serves as a resource for patients and other healthcare team members.
• Provides patient care educational information and training to patient and family members.
• May serve as a resource for specific clinical patient care issues.
• Performs appropriate patient assessments meeting admission and discharge criteria, provide safe medication administration using the patients six (6) rights, adequately perform POC monitoring and demonstrate safe infection control practices.
• Performs patient assessments related to cancer care and other medical diagnosis to include allergies and hypersensitivity reactions, physical, signs and symptoms, changes in activities of daily living, psychosocial, support network and financial dimensions across the continuum of care (diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and end of life).
• Completes appropriate documentation by maintaining accurate and timely entries and notations in patient care records and hospital documents.
• Educates patients, families and significant others on cancer care, therapies, treatment side effects, interventions and prevention.
• Serves as a preceptor or trainer to newer nursing staff members. Serves as a Charge Nurse on rotation as necessary. Serves as a role model for oncology nursing. Serves as a resource to unit nurses.

Submission Requirements

• Provider must have 24 months minimum of current Oncology experience - [REQUIRED]
• Provider must have EPIC Beacon and Chemotherapy Infusion experience- [REQUIRED]
• Provider must have ONS chemotherapy biotherapy provider certificate - [REQUIRED]
• Must disclose any previous Parkland employment history in profile - [REQUIRED]
• Must have an active Texas or Compact license - [REQUIRED]

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS 

• Resume - [REQUIRED]
• Skills Checklist must be specific to the discipline listed on the job (Oncology) - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• 2 supervisory references from within the last year - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Active Texas or Compact license - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Active American Heart Association BLS - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]
• Proof of Taxable Address - Driver’s License, Current Utility Bill, Lease/Rental Agreement, Mortgage Statement/Bill, Homeowner’s or Renter’s Insurance Statement/Bill, Voter Registration, Bank Statement, Auto Insurance, Tax Return - [REQUIRED] [DOCUMENT]

About RadHealth+

Benefits

• 401k retirement plan
• Weekly pay
• Dental benefits
• Medical benefits
• Referral bonus
• Vision benefits