Staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatrics - $36-54 per hour
Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Pediatrics for a nursing job in Fairfax, Virginia.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty:
Pediatrics - Discipline:
RN - Start Date:
ASAP - Duration:
Ongoing - Shift:
days - Employment Type:
Staff
As an Infusion Pediatric Registered Nurse, you will communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others while having respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. To help achieve our mission, you will use an integrated approach toward achieving desired patient outcomes while ensuring improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning. Providing direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a resource, preceptor and mentor is of vital importance. Your leadership skills in decision making and problem solving are essential. Your ability to provide comprehensive patient and family education including information about treatments, medications, chemotherapy and other appropriate items, while keeping patients and families informed about all aspects of the plan of care, is required. Working with members of the healthcare team to provide patients and families with appropriate resources and support is expected.
Clinic Hours:
Mon-Friday 8am-530pm. Nurses work 10 hour shifts.
Part time (0.5 FTE) nurses will work 2 days per week with the option to pick up additional hours if we have a high patient census or staffing issues.
While working in Pediatric Infusion, you will be expected to develop and/or maintain skills in mediport access, phlebotomy and IV placement for pediatric, young adult, and adult patient populations. You will be expected to develop and/or maintain infusion and injection administration skills. Treatments to include but not limited to:
chemotherapy, biotherapy, blood products, and antibiotics. You will be expected to assist in hematologic and oncologic emergencies such as sepsis, anaphylaxis, and transfusion related adverse events. Other tasks to include but not limited to:
PICC removals, patient education, chemotherapy side effect management, triage of patients via phone, EMR and in-person. Nursing staff hired to Inova Pediatric Infusion, will also be expected to work closely with the staff at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
Requirements
BSN - highly preferred. If ADN must obtain BSN within 2 years of hire.
Two years of RN nursing experience to include at least six months of Registered Nurse clinical experience in the acute care setting
Basic Life Support “ American Heart Association
Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) certification (or must obtain within two years from date of hire).
Obtain the chemo card within the first three months of hire--- chemotherapy card from either the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) or the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses
Licensed as an RN or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as an RN.
Inova Job ID #655281. Posted job title:
registered nurse (rn) pediatric infusion part time
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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