Per Diem Nurse - Infusion Clinic
City of Hope
Mission Hills, CA
Job posting number: #7235692 (Ref:10025189)
Posted: April 9, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $50.85 - $76.28 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Position Summary
City of Hope is seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our Infusion Clinic in Mission Hills. In this vital role, you will focus on the delivery of chemotherapy and comprehensive care to cancer patients, providing support, education, and a compassionate touch throughout their treatment journey.This opportunity is for per diem, 8-hour shifts, and there is a minimum of 1 shift per week availability required.This clinic is open Monday - Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.The per diem flat rate for this position is$64.80/hr.
$2,000 sign-on bonus available!
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Patient Assessment and Care Planning:Assess patients' health status, develop individualized care plans, and implement evidence-based care protocols to ensure the best outcomes.
- Chemotherapy Administration:Administer chemotherapy and other medications to patients according to prescribed treatment regimens, ensuring safe and effective delivery.
- Vital Signs Monitoring:Continuously monitor patients' vital signs and symptoms during infusion treatments, promptly recognizing and responding to any changes or adverse reactions.
- Patient Education and Support:Provide comprehensive education to patients and their families, empowering them to understand their treatment options, side effects, and self-care measures.
- Coordination of Care:Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate care, follow-up appointments, and supportive services, ensuring a seamless and holistic patient experience.
- Management of Side Effects:Assist patients in managing side effects and complications arising from cancer treatment, offering proactive support and interventions.
Your qualifications should include:
- Associate degree in nursing
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Registered Nurse
- Current California Registered Nurse license
- Current BLS through American Heart Association
- A valid ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, pleaseclick here.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, pleaseclickhere.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $50.85 - $76.28 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
