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Assignment Overview Shift: Days, 4x10hrs Hours: 40 hrs/wk Start Date: Sep 8, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Cancer Center Infusion position requiring oncology and outpatient chemotherapy experience.
Details
Work in the Cancer Center Infusion unit of a hospital setting
Schedule consists of 3x10-hour day shifts from 7:30am-6:00pm
No weekends or holidays required
Uses Epic for charting
Requirements
Active MA RN license required (no conditional or pending licenses accepted)
Both NURSYS and BON verification required for nursing license
Current BLS certification required (AHA only)
Oncology experience required
Outpatient chemotherapy experience required
Flu vaccine required with no religious or medical exemptions allowed
Additional Information
Provide infusion nursing care to oncology patients in an outpatient chemotherapy setting Local candidates must reside within 60 miles of Boston, MA to be considered for the local (reduced) rate
Neighborhoods+Newton is composed of 13 distinct historic villages rather than a single downtown, ranging from bustling, transit-oriented centers to secluded residential enclaves. Newton Centre serves as the largest commercial hub, offering high walkability, boutique retail, and direct Green Line subway access. Newtonville and West Newton feature vibrant main-street strips with Commuter Rail stations and dense mixes of multi-family apartments and historic Victorians. Auburndale sits on the western edge near Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the Charles River, balancing transit access with quiet residential streets, while Nonantum is celebrated for its historic Italian-American community roots and local eateries. In contrast, southern areas like Oak Hill offer a distinctly suburban, car-dependent setting with larger lots and estate-style single-family homes.
Newton is composed of 13 distinct historic villages rather than a single downtown, ranging from bustling, transit-oriented centers to secluded residential enclaves. Newton Centre serves as the largest commercial hub, offering high walkability, boutique retail, and direct Green Line subway access.
Newtonville and West Newton feature vibrant main-street strips with Commuter Rail stations and dense mixes of multi-family apartments and historic Victorians. Auburndale sits on the western edge near Newton-Wellesley Hospital and the Charles River, balancing transit access with quiet residential streets, while Nonantum is celebrated for its historic Italian-American community roots and local eateries.
In contrast, southern areas like Oak Hill offer a distinctly suburban, car-dependent setting with larger lots and estate-style single-family homes.
Getting around+Commuting logistics depend heavily on a nurse's specific destination and village choice. For staff at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, local access is straightforward via Route 16, Interstate 95/Route 128, and the MBTA Green Line D Branch at Woodland station. Clinicians heading eastward into Boston's Longwood Medical Area or downtown can use Route 9, the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), or the Green Line D Branch, which runs above ground through villages like Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, and Waban. Alternatively, the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail line stops at Auburndale, West Newton, and Newtonville, providing scheduled service directly into Back Bay and South Station. Drive times into Boston run quick during off-peak shifts but back up significantly during rush hours.
Commuting logistics depend heavily on a nurse's specific destination and village choice. For staff at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, local access is straightforward via Route 16, Interstate 95/Route 128, and the MBTA Green Line D Branch at Woodland station.
Clinicians heading eastward into Boston's Longwood Medical Area or downtown can use Route 9, the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90), or the Green Line D Branch, which runs above ground through villages like Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, and Waban. Alternatively, the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail line stops at Auburndale, West Newton, and Newtonville, providing scheduled service directly into Back Bay and South Station.
Drive times into Boston run quick during off-peak shifts but back up significantly during rush hours.
Outdoors+Nicknamed 'The Garden City,' Newton preserves substantial open space with over one thousand acres of municipal parkland and natural reservations. Hemlock Gorge Reservation features wooded walking trails framing the scenic stone arches of historic Echo Bridge along the Charles River. Crystal Lake near Newton Centre is a popular destination for summer swimming and shoreline walks, while Cold Spring Park provides walking trails, athletic fields, and open greens for year-round recreation.
Nicknamed 'The Garden City,' Newton preserves substantial open space with over one thousand acres of municipal parkland and natural reservations. Hemlock Gorge Reservation features wooded walking trails framing the scenic stone arches of historic Echo Bridge along the Charles River.
Crystal Lake near Newton Centre is a popular destination for summer swimming and shoreline walks, while Cold Spring Park provides walking trails, athletic fields, and open greens for year-round recreation.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Newton
Newton stands apart from other Boston suburbs because it operates not as a monolithic town, but as an interconnected network of 13 historic villages. For healthcare workers, the city offers an exceptional balance of quiet residential stability and immediate clinical connectivity: Newton-Wellesley Hospital is located right within the city limits, while the Longwood Medical Area in Boston is an easy reverse-peak drive via Route 9 or a direct commute on the MBTA Green Line D Branch. Life here revolves around walkable village squares where you can pick up breakfast at Rosenfeld Bagel Co, dine outdoors on summer evenings at Olivia's Bistro, or unwind at Crystal Lake and Hemlock Gorge Reservation. However, relocating nurses must weigh practical village tradeoffs. Communities like Newton Centre, West Newton, and Newtonville offer rapid Commuter Rail or subway access alongside village retail, whereas southern enclaves like Oak Hill require complete car reliance. While rush-hour congestion along the Mass Pike and Route 9 requires patience, Newton's exceptional public safety, expansive parklands, and small-town village identity make it one of the most rewarding home bases in the Boston metropolitan area.
