RN – 2E – Oncology 88132 - Cephas Consultancy Services Private Limited

job status: Accepting Candidates — Position Title: RN

Manager:

Dept: 2E Oncology

Location:

Cost Center: 6220

1. General job duties. Types of procedures required.

2E Onc is a 24 bed, all private room unit serving the oncology patient population. Patients are admitted to receive chemotherapy, and care after chemotherapy, radiaiton or surgical intervention. Patients also receive frequent blood transfusions. Patients may also require care of chest tubes, drains and dressings. The unit also receives medical overflow patients. Patients have pain medication regimen and can have PCAs or narcotic drips for pain control along with IV push medications. We are a fast paced unit serving adult to geriatric patients.

Oncology, general med surg overflow, comfort care patients

2. Equipment utilized in the unit/dept. (Is there computerized charting, medication systems, etc.)

Pyxis, Omnicell and Nurses servers are used for medication dispensing and supplies

Electronic Health Record – Cerner System and use of bedside bar code administration

Management of central lines, infusaports and drain tubes

3. Required skills and minimum years of experience.

Prefer 1 year of med-surg nursing; chemo certified is preferred

Must have experience administering chemo and antineoplatisic drugs

Should be comfortable working with LPN and team nursing on night shift

OK with first time travelers

4. Specific licensures and certifications/registrations required. (ARRT, CRT, BLS, ACLS, etc)

Current IL license required as well as BLS; BLS, Chemo administration cert through ONS is HIGHLY PREFERRED on days and required on nights

5. Shift or schedule requirements. (Will the employee ever work alone? Is call required? If so, how often? Are weekends required?)

Shifts are 0645-1915 and 1845-0715

Every other weekend rotation is expected.

No on call requirements

Employee will always work with a team of nurses, patient care technicians, and a unit secretary

6. Floating to other units/departments. (If so, to which units/departments?)

Will need to be flexible to float first, then based on hospital needs would float to other general med-surg units based on hospital needs and individual competency.

7. Bed size/number of rooms for this unit/dept.

24 all private rooms,

8. Nurse to patient ratio of this unit. (nursing only)

1 to 6 on days and 1 to 6-7 with LPN’s helping on night shift utilizing team nursing

9. Dress Code:

any color scrubs

10. Tell us about the unit/department specific training and orientation program.

Classroom training for computer charting and quality indicators is provided along with 24hrs of unit specific orientationName of Position Requirements

Minimum 1 year experience in Med Surg / Oncology unit? (required)

Current IL RN license? (required)

Active AHA BLS or willing to obtain before start? (required)

Please list candidates last 4 of SSN in comment section.

Does your candidate require time off during this assignment? If so, list the days in the comment section.

Is this candidate a 1099?

Is your candidate willing to float to other units within scope (including COVID units) as needed by Client?

EVER worked perm w/in Memorial Health system? Note dates in comments. (Cannot have worked perm w/in past year after that up to client review)

ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification Course certification? (REQUIRED for night shift; highly preferred for day shift)

Experience administering chemo and antineoplatisic drugs? (Required)

LPN’s utilized throughout the hospital and may work on a RN/LPN team. Is your candidate aware comfortable with this? (required)

Comments

-Mgr will try for block scheduling or candidate’s preferred schedule is typically successful Hospital rate: $, OT/CB: $ , Hol: $, OC: $ AP rate: $ , AP OT/CB: $, AP Hol: $ , AP OC: $EOW; float to other units within scope as needed Weekend Scheduling: A. A weekend is defined as Friday night at 1900 until Monday morning at 0700. B. Colleagues with unexcused absence/illness during regularly scheduled weekend shifts will be automatically scheduled to work a weekend make-up shift on the next schedule. The make-up shift will be in addition to your regularly scheduled weekend. LOCALS ACCEPTED – SAME RATE& 8 hours non-billable orientation hours& —- 12 Hour Nights& — durationWeeks: 13.0 — hoursPerWeek: 36.0 — state: IL — zip code: 62781 — dateLastModified: Thu Jul 25 19:15:19 IST 2024 —