Clinical Nurse

• Establishes therapeutic relationships
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing
• Mobilizes the patient's strengths and abilities towards participation in recovery
• Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets the data
• Determines nursing diagnosis
• Monitors and evaluates data
• Collaborates with the patient, family and members of health care team to develop an individualized plan of care
• Implements nursing and medical interventions safely
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses
• Assesses a patient's and family's learning needs and readiness to learn
• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention
• Teaches other staff members
• Manages rapidly changing situations
• Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols
• Monitors practices for patient and employee safety and compliance to standards and policies
• Looks for opportunities for continual improvement
• Integrates multiple requests and work expectations by setting priorities, delegating tasks appropriately, and seeking assistance as needed
• Contributes to team building through participation in unit programs and meetings
• Utilizes available technology for communication, documentation, and locating information
• Contributes to the knowledge and skill of other members of the nursing staff
• Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice
• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats
• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university preferred
• Able to communicate effectively in English
• 1 or more years of acute care experience, required
• 1 or more years of oncology experience required, outpatient oncology experienced preferred
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills required
• Excellent IV skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively in a complex health care environment
• California Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for providers issued by the American Heart Association
• Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy/Biotherapy certification required

OCN certification preferred