Registered Nurse Cancer Center: PRN

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do

• Administers nursing care for oncology patients, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with the nursing department and inter disciplinary team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical oncology setting.
• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs; sets goals; prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of cancer patients.
• Administers chemotherapy in the outpatient clinic.
• Assists physicians and nurse practitioner.
• Reports pertinent patient observations and reactions to the appropriate person and records those observations accurately and concisely.
• Participates in patient care review meetings.
• Handles incoming calls relating to patient care addressing needs/updating patient by the end of the business day.
• Assists in preparing reports and developing procedures.
• Develops and utilizes teaching programs for patients and families based on their specific need.
• Participates in research activity.
• Provides direct and/or indirect care to cancer patients utilizing Firelands practice standards and evidence-based practice.
• Regularly demonstrates the ability to serve patients of all ages in the routine performance of duties.
• Participates in orientation of new nursing personnel and student observers.
• Participates in economical utilization ordering of supplies and ensures that equipment is maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Demonstrates professional commitment through membership in specialty organization and nursing committees.
• Completes patient charge form, to facilitate accurate billing.

What You Will Need

• Graduate of an accredited course for registered nurses. BSN preferred.
• Prior background in oncology.
• Current Ohio R. N. license; prefer O. C. N. (Oncology Certified Nurse). If not currently certified, Oncology Nursing Certification should be obtained within 1 year once ONCC required hours are met.
• Current ONS Chemotherapy provider card.
• Ability to maintain neat and orderly records, reports and forms.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral instructions.
• Ability to handle difficult telephone and face‑to‑face inquiries.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment.
• Ability to lift immobile patients.