Registered Nurse (RN) | Oncology Extended Hours PRN
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Job Location:
Sioux Falls, SD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 30 - 45
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Location:
Worker Type:
PRNWork Shift:
Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$30.50 - $45.75Position Highlights
The Oncology Extended Hours Nurse will provide nursing care for Avera Oncology patients under the oversight of a provider during evening and weekend hours.
Hours: M-F 5-9PM; Sat-Sun 9AM-3PM
Key Responsibilities:
Triage and assess oncology patients.
Administer treatments and transfusions in an oncology infusion center setting.
Deliver high-quality care to patients needing services outside of regular clinic hours.
Program Details:
This position supports the launch of oncology extended hours care with operations targeted to begin in the first quarter of calendar year 2026 (exact start date to be determined).
While the primary responsibility is coverage during evening and weekend extended hours additional daytime shifts may be available based on the individuals availability and desired hours per pay period. No night shifts.
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical emotional psychological and spiritual support to patients families and friends to understand patient conditions medications and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.
What you will do
- Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical emotional psychological and spiritual support to patients families and friends; conferring with physicians.
- Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition psychological status and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions schedules and timetables.
- Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient family and friends to understand condition medications and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
- Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
- Maintains safe secure and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventative maintenance; calling for repairs.
- Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire and
- ONS Fundamentals Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 1 Year or
- ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 1 Year
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Previous Oncology experience
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please call 1- or send an email to .
Key Skills
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Basic Life Support
- ICU Experience
- Infusion Experience
- Triage
- TFS
- Conflict Management
- Nursing
- Critical Care Experience
- Epic
- Medication Administration
