Clinical Nurse
Green Spring Medical Oncology is an infusion center for adult solid tumor patients. The patients are treated with chemotherapy and immunotherapy for various types of cancer. There is a multidisciplinary approach to care for all patients, and we practice primary nursing, so we are seeking a Clinical Nurse who will be a integral part of that practice.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinating care for assigned patients to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes.
- Provide direct patient care based on the nursing process while mentoring others to promote quality and excellence of care.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize team performance.
- Promote improvements in treatment area processes and cost-effective use of resources.
- Accountable for own decisions regarding patient care.
- Identifies impending changes in patient condition and individual performance issues.
- Analyzes patient care data to deliver and evaluate care.
- May focus in the area of clinical practice or education.
- Communicates regularly with the Nurse Manager and informs of trends for longer term problem solving.
- Mentors others to promote quality, safety, and excellence in clinical care.
- Precepts RN’s and CMA’s.
- Promotes and identifies quality improvement initiatives that are aligned with the departmental and organizational safety and operational goals.
Competencies
- Knowledge of nursing process, social, behavioral, biological and physical science.
- Knowledge of current health care environment.
- Working knowledge of Epic and Epic’s Beacon ordering system.
- Ability to analyze data to synthesize and summarize information and make judgments regarding patient care.
- Highly effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills to establish working relationships that foster optimal quality patient care.
- Ability to use a computer keyboard to input and obtain data.
- CPR and AED certified.
- Ability to properly conduct general physiologic monitoring and patient care equipment such as an EKG and IV pumps.
- Accountable authority for decisions regarding patient care; may act in absence of the nurse manager.
Minimum Qualifications
- Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland.
- Current CPR certification.
- Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related discipline.
- Two years of nursing experience.
Classified Title: Clinical Nurse
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/ME
Starting Salary Range: $31.05 - $54.47 HRLY ($26,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Casual / On Call
Schedule: Mon - Fri / 8a -4:30p
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Onc Greenspring
Personnel area: School of Medicine