Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse (RN)
Augusta, Maine
You'll give cancer patients and their families care, treatments, symptom management and emotional support.
Posted Oct 8
- Shift and hours
- 24 scheduled hours a week Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24
- Unit and setting
- Medical Oncology team, Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care provide comprehensive care to patients with cancerpatients with cancer
- License
- RN license Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion, requiredactive Maine RN license, or ability to obtain it in a timely fashion
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- active Maine RN license, or ability to obtain it in a timely fashion Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion, required Check your license
- Also asks
- critical thinking, decisive judgment, and working with minimal supervision Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Also asks
- ability to work in a healthcare environment with many inherent stressors Ability to operate and excel in a healthcare environment with many inherent stressors.
Preferred
- Certification
- oncology RN certification Prior Oncology RN work experience and certification, preferred
- Experience
- prior oncology RN work experience
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Augusta staff RN rolesAugusta staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $37/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $36/hr, across 42 postings.
- Pay differential
- Exciting Shift Differentials: Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts. Exciting Shift Differentials: Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts.
- Extra pay
- up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts.
- Extra pay
- shift, weekend, holiday and on-call differentials In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials.eligible team members
- Pay reviews
- individual pay set by experience, qualifications, skills and market considerations Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations.
Benefits
- Benefitshealth, dental and vision benefitsAccess comprehensive wellness benefits, including health, dental, vision, and more.
- Benefitsemployee discountsBenefit from employee discounts
- Benefitsparental leavegenerous parental leave
- Benefitsearned time offample earned time off
- Benefitsretirement contributions up to 4%Retirement planning with up to 4% company contributions.
- Benefitspossible student loan reimbursementPotential student loan reimbursement
More benefits (17)
- Benefitsgrowth opportunities inside MaineGeneralEmbrace growth opportunities within our organization
- Benefitstuition reimbursementTuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
- Benefits403(b) match up to 2%, plus another 2% in the 401(a) planWe offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
- BenefitsEmployee Assistance Program, including household membersEmployee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household
- Benefitsearly access to earned wages through PayactivAccess the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv
- Benefitsthree insurance plans for death, terminal illness or serious accident injuryThree insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
- Benefitsshort-term and long-term disability insuranceWe offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Wellness programs
- Industry-leading parental leave
- Generous earned time plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Payactiv earned wage access
- 403(b) company match up to 2%
- 401(a) retirement income plan up to 2%
- Life insurance-type protection for family
- Potential student loan reimbursement
- Growth and career mobility opportunities
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses May precept nursing students or new hires.
- Day to day
- giving cancer treatments administering treatments, managing symptoms
- Day to day
- medication administration and symptom management Executes the plan of care for the oncology patient including medication administration and symptom management.
- Day to day
- delegating to ancillary staff Effectively delegates to ancillary personnel.
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- On call
- On-call rotation
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, holiday, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Oncology is a specialty you move into. Chemo cards are the working credential; infusion hires in too.
Original listing
Posted on MaineGeneral Health’s careers page.
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MaineGeneral Health is a leading health care system that is proud of the culture of excellence, compassion and collaboration that extends to our patients and their families. We are committed to attracting talented, ambitious people who share our values and strive to provide excellent customer service. We are offering an exciting opportunity for an Experienced Oncology Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Medical Oncology team at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care. If you have a passion for service excellence…we want to hear from you!
Job Description
The Role: Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse (RN) The Radiation Oncology RN will provide comprehensive care to patients with cancer, administering treatments, managing symptoms, and offering emotional support to patients and their families.
What You'll Do
Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Evaluates the needs of the patient and/or family and provides support, appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. Collaborates, as needed, across disciplines to coordinate appropriate patient services. Effectively delegates to ancillary personnel. May precept nursing students or new hires. Executes the plan of care for the oncology patient including medication administration and symptom management. Communicates patient condition as appropriate. Your
Qualifications
Active Maine RN licensure or ability to obtain same in a timely fashion, required Prior Oncology RN work experience and certification, preferred Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Ability to operate and excel in a healthcare environment with many inherent stressors.
Why Choose MaineGeneral
Exciting
- Shift Differentials: Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts.
Access comprehensive wellness benefits, including health, dental, vision, and more. Benefit from employee discounts, generous parental leave, and ample earned time off. Retirement planning with up to 4% company contributions. Potential student loan reimbursement Embrace growth opportunities within our organization
Compensation Information
$36.00 - $63.00 The hourly pay range shown represents the base pay range for this position. Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
24
Job Exempt
No
Benefits
Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
Physical Wellness
We offer quality dental, vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs. Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents. A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
Emotional Wellness
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Financial Wellness
Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances. Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career. We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan. Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident. We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Career Mobility
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .
What's around it?
Augusta, MEFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $919/mo
- Household income
- $47,979/yr, all local households, not nurse pay