Staff Nurse L11 Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology Program
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Job Summary
Sign-on incentive: Qualified candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10000
The Psychosocial Oncology Program (POP) is a team of multidisciplinary professionals at Stead Family Childrens Hospital working with families affected by cancer. Commonly known as the POP Team our mission is to help children teens young adults and their families navigate emotional social and cognitive concerns after cancer diagnosis. Care with the POP Team is established shortly after diagnosis and continues across the entire cancer trajectory including long-term follow up throughout survivorship. The POP Team specialty nurse plays a vital role in assisting with care coordination and assistance with acute interventions when patients and family members are experiencing distress.
Characteristic Duties of our Staff Nurses include but are not limited to:
- Incorporates scientific behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.
- Utilizes adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines.
- Applies nursing theory to the assessment diagnosis treatment and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
- Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
- Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
- Develops patient care plan based on patient condition age and psychological educational and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Triages needs for inpatient and outpatient consults tracks patient information.
- Collaborate with POP Providers for consults education and patient follow up plans.
- Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
- Engage with patients and families to assist with acute interventions.
- Meet with families to introduce POP team share education and information. Document delivery and timing of introduction within internal database.
- Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
- Develops coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care
- Implements nursing interventions according to department division and/or unit policies procedures and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.
- Implements emergency care procedures in potential or actual emergencies according to departmental policies procedures and protocols.
- Evaluates patients response to multidisciplinary care.
- Uses evaluation data to revise and implement change.
- Assumes accountability for the provision of care for patients.
- Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supports unit level decision-making.
- Responsible for the development implementation and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Participates in ongoing strategic planning process.
- Participates in the development and implementation of computer applications.
- Performs other projects or tasks as assigned.
- Develops and implements patient/family teaching plan based on identified health education needs and the condition and age of the patient.
- Educate families and patients on upcoming appointments treatment plans and testing.
- Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family teaching. Revises plan of care.
- Participates in the orientation of new nursing staff and the ongoing education of nursing personnel as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Participates in formal and informal teaching with health care students.
- Serves as clinical teaching assistant for senior level nursing students as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.
- Applies quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes.
- Participates in quality improvement activities.
- Responsible for identification of improvement opportunities.
Functions as a patient advocate.
Schedule: 40 hours per week Day shifts Monday - Friday
Rotations:No weekends no holidays no call
Salary:$61183 minimum at 100% effort to commensurate *This does not include differentials. Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort.*
- Regular salaried position located in Iowa City Iowa
- Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health dental life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Education Required
ABaccalaureate Degree in Nursing Professional Masters of Nursing and Healthcare Practice (MNHP) MSN/Clinical Nurse Leader or a Masters Degree in Nursing (MSN MA) is required
Experience Required
- Previous experience in oncology or psychosocial care
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families nursing staff and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions
- General computer skills are required
- Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire
Please attach a resume as part of the application openings are posted for a minimum of14calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information please contact Nursing Recruitment at .
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background selected for a position a minimum of 5 references will be collected at a later time.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Basic Life Support
- ICU Experience
- Infusion Experience
- Triage
- TFS
- Conflict Management
- Nursing
- Critical Care Experience
- Epic
- Medication Administration
About Company
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