Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse
New York, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse - Radiation Oncology (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Shift: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Schedule: 5 days a week, 8-hour shifts

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to patients in a Radiation Oncology outpatient setting, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans, prioritize patient needs, and educate patients and caregivers.

Essential Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver nursing care based on Relationship Centered Care and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in care delivery.
• Collaborate with healthcare team on care plans.
• Prioritize patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Facilitate patient-centered care activities such as Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, and Discharge Wrap Up.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and escalate barriers or risks.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement and participate in peer and institutional reviews.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects and nursing research.
• Follow high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Report safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with nursing leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource utilization.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with regulatory and legal standards.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Project a professional image demonstrating caring and empathy.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge relevant to role, patient population, and specialty.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils and committees.

Required Qualifications

• Current New York State Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Minimum 2 years of RN experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in medical-surgical or ambulatory care preferred.
• Must have Radiation Oncology experience in an outpatient setting.
• EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred.

Contract Length

• Approximately 13 weeks (89 days).

Additional Notes

• Prior travel experience is not required for this position.
• This is a contract staffing role sourced through a supplier.