Per Diem Nurse - Float Pool (Outpatient Clinics)
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Job posting number: #7283832 (Ref:10027570)
Posted: October 2, 2024
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 versatile and dedicated Clinical Nurses to join our Float Pool department, specializing in cancer treatment. As a Float Pool Nurse, you will be an essential asset to our team, providing flexible nursing support across outpatient oncology clinics. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in oncology nursing, including chemotherapy administration, patient education, and symptom management. This role requires a nurse who can adapt quickly to different clinical environments, ensuring the highest standards of care for oncology patients.This opportunity is for per diem, with a minimum of 1 shift per week availability required. The position is for 8-hour shifts and designated for the day shift. The per diem flat rate for this position is $75.97/hr. This position is also eligible for a unit differential up to $5.50/hr and weekend differential up to $13.37/hr.
Up to $2,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Provide specialized nursing care to oncology patients in various outpatient clinics and infusion centers.
- Administer chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and other oncology treatments according to physician orders and protocols.
- Monitor patient responses to treatments and report any adverse reactions or significant changes in patient condition to the medical team.
- Educate patients and their families on treatment plans, side effects, symptom management, and self-care strategies.
- Collaborate with oncologists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers to ensure coordinated care.
- Perform assessments, including reviewing lab results, monitoring vital signs, and assessing patient symptoms to identify potential complications.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of patient care in the electronic medical record (EMR) system.
Your qualifications should include:
- Graduate from nursing school with a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or Graduate from a nursing school with a diploma, Associate Degree in Nursing and currently enrolled in a BSN program (must obtain BSN within two years of hire or transfer).
- Current California RN license
- Minimum of one (1) year experience in an acute care setting and/or outpatient setting
- Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR Card through American Heart Association
- ONS certification preferred, but can be obtained during the orientation period
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.
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.
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