Oncology RN
Kansas City, Missouri
Saint Luke's Hospital

Neuro Onc RN

Overview

• Travel/Contract role in Kansas City, Missouri
• Day shift: 3x12 hours, 6:45 AM to 7:15 PM
• 36 hours per week
• Ratios: 1:5
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• First-timers accepted
• Pending license accepted
• Locals not accepted; home address must be at least 75 miles from the facility
• Regular floating may be required between departments, units, and facilities as needed
• Holiday shifts and Charge RN assignments may be needed per unit
• Weekend requirement: 8 weekend shifts in a 6-week schedule period, with a combination of Friday/Saturday/Sunday
• RTO restriction: no more than 7 days
• Guaranteed hours: 3 shifts per 13 weeks, with cancelled shifts equal to the regular shift length

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Missouri
• Oncology (2 years of experience)
• Oncology experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Government-issued ID
• Criminal background check
• Education verification of highest education related to nursing
• NURSYS verification
• Missouri license verification
• Medication test/pharmacology competency exam
• Unit-specific competency exam
• Unit-specific skills checklist within 1 year of start
• Two professional references
• Employment application
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Fit mask
• Tdap vaccine or declination
• Negative TB screening or chest x-ray
• Drug testing within 1 year of start
• Flu vaccination or exemption during flu season
• HIPAA acknowledgement
• Latex allergy questionnaire
• Confidentiality form
• Regulatory compliance education
• Hep B declination
• SSN & DOB confirmation
• TB questionnaire
• Hand hygiene policy review and signature
• Fingernail policy review and initial
• Dress code policy review and signature

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous charge experience
• Teaching hospital experience

Unit Details

• Primary oncology unit treating all types of cancer in all phases of care from work-up to completion of therapy
• Administers inpatient chemo regimens
• Uro-gyn and Gyn-onc surgical population with post-op care
• Step-down neuro overflow unit for strokes, head bleeds, and other neurological needs

Skills

• IV therapy/infusions, including coagulation factors, antifungals, antivirals, blood/blood product administration, ports, central line blood draw, central line/implanted line care, infusion pump management, and intravenous medications
• Antibiotic, antiemetic, and corticosteroid administration
• Sepsis care
• Advanced directives and patient/family education and support
• Symptom management for skin and mucous membrane changes, altered mental status, constipation/diarrhea, dysphagia, edema, nausea/vomiting, and neuropathy
• Chest tube care and management
• Colostomy care and management
• Foley catheter insertion/management
• Isolation precautions
• Neutropenic precautions
• Telemetry interpretation and monitoring
• Wound care
• IV push narcotic agents
• Medication tolerance/dependence assessment
• PCA pump management
• Transdermal patches
• Post-surgical care

Preferred Skills

• Accessing ports
• Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome (ATLS)
• Anaphylaxis
• Extravasation injury
• Hemorrhage
• Hospice care
• Withholding/withdrawing treatment
• Care of patients with bladder/kidney cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, ear/nose/throat cancers, kidney cancer, leukemia/blood dyscrasias, liver cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma/non-Hodgkins lymphoma, melanoma, multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer/uterine cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer
• Body fluid handling post chemotherapy
• Oral administration of chemotherapy
• Recognize/communicate abnormal lab values
• Tracheostomy care/management
• Inpatient oncology
• Radiation safety precautions
• Biotherapy side effect management

Facility Notes

• Tertiary care hospital
• Teaching hospital
• Level 1 trauma hospital
• 456 staffed beds
• EPIC charting system
• Free parking