PRN Registered Nurse

Title:

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe and professional IV therapy for patients on specialty medications that treat neurological, rheumatologic, gastroenterological, and immunological disorders. This role will be highly involved in helping to

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed below satisfactorily. Reasonable

Job Duties

• Provides direct patient care in the form of evaluating and documenting patient clinical assessments and IV therapy as aligned with company, federal and state policies for both pediatric and adult patients.

• Prepares/compounds sterile admixtures for immediate use per FDA package insert and

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  clinical protocol.

• Communicates with physicians and other health care providers on clinical services related issues.

• Administers necessary medications as necessary to mitigate acute infusion reactions, under the supervision of the infusion center Managing Nurse Practitioner.

• Administers prescribed intravenous and subcutaneous medications and biologics, adhering to prescriber order and applicable FDA dosing parameters.

• Evaluates the effectiveness of the health care process (self, systems, environment, and instrumentation) in meeting clinical outcomes.

• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and clinical operations functioning.

• Provides infusion therapy under the scope of

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  policies, procedures and clinical drug protocols to ensure coordination and safe delivery of care.

• Assists the clinical team in the entry, review and validation of prescriber orders received by faxed referral or verbal order.

• Assists in the review of lab work drawn onsite, and the reporting of any critical values to the referring provider.

• Assists in the ongoing review of clinical protocols for all infusible/injectables provided by

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  to

  maintain

  clinical competency.

• Assures that all patient related documentation, and clinical reports are accurately completed, submitted and/or filed in a timely manner, according to internal and external regulatory requirements and in support of the billing process.

• Participates in department Quality Assurance activities as requested.

Competency Statements:

• Takes personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieves results with little oversight.

• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.

• Gets along and interacts positively with co-workers and others; understands and relates to others.

• Earns others’ trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions.

• Uses tools, machines, and/or vehicles to complete the assigned work.

Supervisory Responsibility

This role has no supervisory requirements.

Work Environment

This job operates in a

Potential Occupational Safety/Health Hazards

• Office hazards

• Clinical hazards

• Bloodborne Pathogens

• Warehouse hazards

• Biomedical hazards

• Personal safety hazards

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is either a Full time, part time, or PRN position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00

Required Minimum Job Qualifications, Experience, Education and Training

Education:

Experience:

Required Certifications:

• Unrestricted RN license in the state of employment

• BLS/ CPR required upon hire

• ONS Fundamentals of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Administration Certification, required within 90 days of hire for full time hires.

Preferred Education and Experience

Experience:

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Unrestricted motor vehicle license

Must be able to accomplish any and all duties with little to no assistance.