Registered Nurse - Proton Therapy Center - Per Diem
$113,942–$210,954 year
On-siteSeattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Assess physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluate patients' adaptation to health changes. Develop a plan of care based on patients' disease, symptoms, and response to treatment, integrating research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice. Educate patients, families, and caregivers on disease processes, treatment side effects, and symptom management. Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care and refer patients to social work, home health, or clinical nutrition as appropriate. Implement, evaluate, and modify the plan of care while applying critical thinking and clinical judgment. This per diem role at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center supports adult cancer treatment and research, offering access to a retirement plan and paid sick leave.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
- Current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or current NLC multistate license (MSL)
- MSL primary state of residence must be updated to WA within 60 days of hire
- Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross) and renewal required every two years
- Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge
- Ability to develop clinical judgment
- Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently
- Ability to communicate effectively by looking and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening responses, and clarifying response
- Ability to effectively listen by using reflecting, acknowledging, summarizing, empathizing, and paraphrasing skill
- Ability to effectively provide information by checking what information the person knows already, giving small amounts of information at a time, using clear terms and avoiding jargon, avoiding detail unless it is requested, checking for understanding, and pausing and waiting for a response
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Two years of nursing experience
- Certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
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