Do you have a passion for the highest clinical quality and patient happiness? Would you like to use your expert clinical competencies with an organization known nationally for excellence in cancer treatment, research and education? We would be happy to hear from you! Please consider the following exciting opportunity with one of the most outstanding and dynamic places to work in California as your next career move.
The Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report, treats more than 60 types of cancer. Its team of experts works to create a treatment plan to meet each patient's specific needs. The center's outpatient infusion center offers chemotherapy and supportive services, including 18 private rooms for treatment sessions six hours or longer.
Summary of Essential Duties:
- Serves as a clinical and operational resource for all nursing activities in the department
- Oversees and authorizes incidental overtime
- Provides assistance to co-workers, new staff, temporary staff and students
- Delegates and assigns tasks to licensed and unlicensed health care workers within the scope of their job responsibilities
- Coaches and supports nursing staff in the application of advanced clinical skills and critical thinking to support patient care activities
- Evaluates, facilitates and promotes patient flow, coordinates discharge planning and team rounding as applicable
- Assumes responsibility for mentoring, coaching and staff development, acts as change champion
- Contributes to performance evaluations
- Champions department improvement activities
- Evaluates and works to improve the process of patient care delivery within the unit and service centers
- Provides expert comprehensive direct and indirect care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs
Education
- Assoc. Degree/College Diploma Nursing - minimum
- Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (state accredited program) - preferred
Experience
- 3 years Relevant acute care experience in their area of specialty - minimum
- 1 year Must be a Clinical Nurse II at CSMC for at least one (1) year, to be promoted within the clinical ladder. - minimum
Licenses and Certifications
- RN State License - Upon Hire minimum California State RN License
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Upon Hire minimum Require BLS unless a higher level of certification is required. As required by your specialty unit.
- ANCC Specialty Certification - 1 Year minimum Specialty Certification for external hires
- Other – See Department Specifics - 1 Year minimum Other Competencies, as required by your specialty unit (ex. ACLS, PALS, fetal heart monitoring)