Registered Nurse - Float
Apply NowCompany: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Location: Depew, NY 14043
Description:
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Roswell Park Care Network has a fantastic opportunity for a FLOAT RN to join our team!
As a trusted leader in oncology and specialty care within community physician practices, Roswell Park Care Network is dedicated to providing outstanding patient care and advancing innovative treatment solutions.
We offer an excellent benefit package:
Medical Insurance via Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
HRA - employer funded
Dental Insurance and Vision Insurance
401(k) with company match
Company paid life insurance, options for LTD, Critical Illness, Accident
Generous Vacation and Sick time
11 Holidays
Schedule is Monday through Friday
As the Float Registered Nurse, you will access, develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans using the nursing process. You will plan and administer nursing interventions for individuals with skin conditions, including cancer, addressing their health needs through patient care, education, and counseling. Additionally, you will carry out medical regimens prescribed by a physician or other licensed healthcare provider authorized in New York State and provide support for office-based procedures.
Responsibilities:
Performs patient vital signs and other required tests, records patient history, obtains accurate medication list and any information the provider may request to enable him/her to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient.
Follows orders written by a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant
Explains normal/abnormal test/lab results to patients and their significant others after careful review and discretion of the provider.
Contact patients regarding pathology results at the discretion of the provider
Obtain prior authorization for procedures and/or medications as indicated
Educates patient and family members regarding medications, invasive and non-invasive procedures and any other healthcare related topics.
Serves as a resource to clinical and non-clinical staff.
Schedules and processes paperwork for patient tests.
Triages pts via phone: urological/Dermatological symptoms, medication refills, schedules patient if provider requires office visit, handled according to office protocol
Ensure exam rooms are clean, stocked appropriately and ready for next patient.
Ensure equipment is clean/sterile and in working order. Prepare surgical instruments and supplies for procedures using sterile technique
Assist the front desk staff with scheduling and verify procedures are scheduled appropriately
Prepare charts ahead of patient's appointment
Orders medical supplies.
Delegate tasks to other team members as license permits.
Properly completes urinalysis, pregnancy testing
Completes equipment maintenance per manufacturer recommendation.
Prepares lab specimens and sends out to appropriate laboratory.
Assists with procedures such as, cystoscopy, vasectomy, prostate biopsy, PTNS, skin biopsy, excision etc.
Sets up and maintains a sterile field.
Ability to obtain bladder scan.
Administers medications in a safe and efficient manner following established policies and procedures.
Demonstrates knowledge of and indications for dosage, route, action, side effects, contraindications, and adverse reactions of medication.
Performs nursing assessment that includes the holistic needs of each patient with consideration of his/her physiological, psychological, social, ethnic, cultural, educational and spiritual strengths and needs. Includes the patient and family and/or support system in the planning and delivery of care.
Provides direct patient care activities with other professional disciplines to ensure that the plan of nursing intervention is consistent with and integrated with the total treatment plan.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Requirements
Salary Description
39.00-42.00
Full-time
Description
Roswell Park Care Network has a fantastic opportunity for a FLOAT RN to join our team!
As a trusted leader in oncology and specialty care within community physician practices, Roswell Park Care Network is dedicated to providing outstanding patient care and advancing innovative treatment solutions.
We offer an excellent benefit package:
Medical Insurance via Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
HRA - employer funded
Dental Insurance and Vision Insurance
401(k) with company match
Company paid life insurance, options for LTD, Critical Illness, Accident
Generous Vacation and Sick time
11 Holidays
Schedule is Monday through Friday
As the Float Registered Nurse, you will access, develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans using the nursing process. You will plan and administer nursing interventions for individuals with skin conditions, including cancer, addressing their health needs through patient care, education, and counseling. Additionally, you will carry out medical regimens prescribed by a physician or other licensed healthcare provider authorized in New York State and provide support for office-based procedures.
Responsibilities:
Performs patient vital signs and other required tests, records patient history, obtains accurate medication list and any information the provider may request to enable him/her to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient.
Follows orders written by a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant
Explains normal/abnormal test/lab results to patients and their significant others after careful review and discretion of the provider.
Contact patients regarding pathology results at the discretion of the provider
Obtain prior authorization for procedures and/or medications as indicated
Educates patient and family members regarding medications, invasive and non-invasive procedures and any other healthcare related topics.
Serves as a resource to clinical and non-clinical staff.
Schedules and processes paperwork for patient tests.
Triages pts via phone: urological/Dermatological symptoms, medication refills, schedules patient if provider requires office visit, handled according to office protocol
Ensure exam rooms are clean, stocked appropriately and ready for next patient.
Ensure equipment is clean/sterile and in working order. Prepare surgical instruments and supplies for procedures using sterile technique
Assist the front desk staff with scheduling and verify procedures are scheduled appropriately
Prepare charts ahead of patient's appointment
Orders medical supplies.
Delegate tasks to other team members as license permits.
Properly completes urinalysis, pregnancy testing
Completes equipment maintenance per manufacturer recommendation.
Prepares lab specimens and sends out to appropriate laboratory.
Assists with procedures such as, cystoscopy, vasectomy, prostate biopsy, PTNS, skin biopsy, excision etc.
Sets up and maintains a sterile field.
Ability to obtain bladder scan.
Administers medications in a safe and efficient manner following established policies and procedures.
Demonstrates knowledge of and indications for dosage, route, action, side effects, contraindications, and adverse reactions of medication.
Performs nursing assessment that includes the holistic needs of each patient with consideration of his/her physiological, psychological, social, ethnic, cultural, educational and spiritual strengths and needs. Includes the patient and family and/or support system in the planning and delivery of care.
Provides direct patient care activities with other professional disciplines to ensure that the plan of nursing intervention is consistent with and integrated with the total treatment plan.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
- License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New York
- Equivalent of one (1) year of fulltime nursing experience required; Dermatology or Urology experience preferred.
- Experience with EMR software required.
- Must FLOAT to all WNY clinic locations as needed.
Salary Description
39.00-42.00