Registered Nurse - Radiology Oncology

Location: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth - Radiology Oncology

Hours of Performance: Services shall be provided Monday through Friday, between the hours of 0700 and 1900 hours. Shifts will normally be scheduled for an eight and half (8.5) or ten and a half (10.5) hour period, to include an uncompensated thirty (30) minute to sixty (60) minute lunch break, respectively. In no instance will the HCW be required to provide services in excess of eighty (80) hours per two-week period.

Benefits: Vest vacation, sick leave, holiday leave, Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Short Term Disability

Optional Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K) matching with employee participation in 401(K) plan

• Plan, perform, and evaluate nursing care of radiation therapy inpatients and outpatients, using the nursing process to differentiate radiation sequelae from other medical problems requiring further care.
• Administers medications and continuously monitors the patient response. Complex medications are administered via oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intradermal routes.
• Interpreted and communicates laboratory and diagnostic study results to the physician.
• Applies and maintains patient dressings according to Infection Control policies.
• Assesses all patients thoroughly for post-radiation side effects, including radiation implants and recommends possible discontinuance of treatment as necessary.
• Under supervision intervenes in emergent situations. Maintains all crash cart documentation and assist in staff training to meet JCAHO requirements.
• Collaborate with charge nurse and other staff members on inpatient units in order to maintain continuity of care.
• Exhibit expert clinical nursing judgment in assessing patient response to illness, toxicities and radiation therapy.
• Actively participates in the clinic’s current investigational cooperative studies.
• Coordinate, manage, &/or scheduling patients for OR Prostate Brachytherapy cases, Vaginal Brachytherapy cases, MRI, CT, SRS, & other specialty areas for planning of care.
• Perform catheterization procedures for prostate volume studies and appropriately set up the room for the volume studies.
• Obtain from pharmacy and administer anti-hormonal agents (IM, subcutaneously) as ordered by provider for purpose of antineoplastic effects on neutralizing or inhibiting the production of natural hormones on hormone-dependent tumors.
• Scan/Export clinical records, consents, notes into Navy approved electronic medical record.
• Document & code all care provided in Radiation and Naval approved electronic medical record no later than end of shift.
• Collect all required blood work as ordered, label correctly per protocol, and send to lab for processing.
• Review workload schedule at least one week out & daily for add on patients to prepare required documents (reports, radiographic, treatment records) at least a day prior to patient’s appointment with physician.

Degree/Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience as an RN within the last three (3) years working with oncology or medical-surgical inpatient or outpatient patients and their families.

Licensure: Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in anyone (1) of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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