Oncology RN
St. Louis, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Registered Nurse – BMT Oncology

Location: Saint Louis, Missouri Contract Length: 13 weeks Employment Type: Travel/Contract Schedule: Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts (19:00–7:30), 36 hours/week; every other weekend required

Unit and Facility Details

• Unit: BMT Oncology, with a 4:1 ratio on all shifts, an average daily census of 30, and 32 beds/rooms
• Focus: Auto stem cell transplants and chemotherapy administration
• Float scope: Floats throughout the Oncology department as needed, to the unit with the greatest need each shift. Will not always work on the primary unit.
• Facility: Short-term acute care, Magnet and teaching hospital, Level I Trauma Center, 1,266 staffed beds
• Charting: EPIC
• Scrub color: Navy blue

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Missouri
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Minimum of 1 year of oncology experience, with oncology experience within the last year
• ONS/ONCC certification
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
• Administration of chemotherapy
• Accessing and managing ports
• Central line blood draw
• Central line and implanted line care
• PICC line care
• Telemetry interpretation and telemetry monitoring

Pre-Start Requirements

• Competency exams: Basic dysrhythmia (EKG) exam required, completed for each new contract, with the first attempt within 1 week of assignment and up to 3 attempts allowed. Unit-specific competency exam required, updated annually. Medication/pharmacology competency exam required as applicable by profession.
• Background and screening: Criminal background check within 6 months of start (7-year search). Exclusion list searches (EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG) run quarterly. Missouri EDL search required, plus a Missouri Highway Patrol check renewed annually. Education verification required.
• Drug testing: Required within 1 year of start and must not expire during the assignment.
• Health documents: Physical exam within 1 year of start. TB: two PPDs (one within 1 year, one within 30 days of start), or a T-Spot or Q-Gold within 1 year. Tdap or declination. Rubeola, mumps, rubella, and varicella titers, vaccines, or declination. Hepatitis B declination. Flu vaccine or exemption required during flu season (10/01–03/31). N95 fit test required.
• Documents: Employment application, two professional references (supervisors within the last year preferred), badge photo taken within 6 months of start, HIPAA acknowledgement, confidentiality form, latex allergy questionnaire, hand hygiene, fingernail, and dress code policies, and regulatory compliance education quiz scored at least 80%. Unit skills checklist within 1 year of start.
• Orientation: Approximately 16 hours of orientation modules required for RNs.