Oncology Nurse Specialist

4 weeks ago

Freehold, New Jersey, United States Regional Cancer Care Associates Full time
Job Summary

The Oncology Nurse Specialist is a highly skilled and patient advocate in a particular specialty or subspecialty of nursing practice. This position manages a group of clinically complex or resource-intensive patients, assessing, diagnosing, planning, and prescribing pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment for health problems according to established protocols, standards of care, health promotion, and preventive care within a specialized area of practice.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform and document comprehensive medical and psychosocial health histories and data, conducts initial history and physical examination, and formulates and implements treatment plans in collaboration with the physician.
  • Orders and interprets diagnostic studies related to the patient's plan of care and response to follow-up care on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
  • Initiates consultation with specialists as needed and initiates interventions.
  • Identifies treatment-related toxicities and initiates interventions.
  • Demonstrates expertise in symptom management.
  • Assesses ill patients and develops a plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
  • Monitors and adjusts patient medications and treatments according to protocols.
  • Diagnoses and treats common oncology-associated illnesses.
  • Manages telephone calls related to emergency situations, symptom management, and psychosocial and family concerns.
  • Provides continuity of care across settings (hospital, home, home health, skilled nursing, hospice, and rehabilitation).
  • Supervises chemotherapy administration in the office setting.
  • Collaborates with physician and chemotherapy infusion nurse to schedule and administer chemotherapy.
  • Writes chemotherapy orders and evaluates protocols in collaboration with physicians.
  • Provides psychosocial counseling and support to patients and families and makes referrals to social work or community agencies as necessary.
  • Performs various procedures, including bone marrow biopsy and aspirate, removal of PICC, and administration of intrathecal chemotherapy.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of integrative therapies and their use in complementing medical knowledge of cancer risk factors, diagnoses, disease processes, and treatment options.
  • Evaluates patient intervention outcomes.
  • Provides Genetic Pretest Counseling.
  • Coordinates discharge plans, follow-up, home health, and outpatient prescriptions.
  • Assists with hospital rounds and management of hospitalized patients in daily huddles/conferences with the team to facilitate communication and coordination of care.
  • Provides survivorship care to patients who have completed chemotherapy.
Requirements
  • Graduate of a school of nursing.
  • Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program (MS preferred).
  • Five years of professional nursing experience in a hospital or clinic setting with 1-2 years in a nurse practitioner role or 1-2 years in an Oncology Nurse Practitioner role.
  • Possession of NJ, CT, or MD State Registered Nurse license. ANCC or ANA certification and NJ, CT or MD Nurse Practitioner Certification.

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