Details
Posted: 11-Jun-22
Location: Boise, Idaho
Salary: Open
Categories:
General Nursing
Overview
St. Luke's Health System in Boise is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Pediatric Clinical Oncology team.
This position is a flex position, 0.1 FTE. Required to work at least one 8-hour shift per pay period. The clinic is not open on weekends or major holidays.
Position Summary
The St. Luke's Children's Cancer Institute is seeking an RN to join our team. The position will be providing hands on nursing care for Idaho's Pediatric Oncology population. This position will support the clinic as a float RN across primary nursing with providers, chemo infusion, and triage. The primary nurse provides care coordination or the provider's patients. Chemotherapy infusion nurses administer high-risk medications such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and blood products. This position will require hands on skills such as phlebotomy, NG tube placement, and other minor procedures for pediatric patients. The RN is the keystone to the complex, high quality, compassionate care the communities of Idaho and eastern Oregon have come to expect of our organization.
Responsibilities
- Identifies patient needs and determines priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation
- Develops, implements and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients assigned through initial and on-going assessments
- Initiates assessment based on the patient's problems or needs, the physician's medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework
- Performs therapeutic nursing interventions
- Manages care of patients
- Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities
- Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery
- Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor of Nursing Degree
- Experience: Two (2) + years pediatric RN experience
- Licenses/Certifications: Current RN licensure from the State of Practice
Preferred Qualifications
- Pediatric Oncology experience
*** Please note - This Registered Nurse position is for nurses with One (1) + years of RN experience. We currently have our "STAR Nurse Residency New Grad RN (<12 mo. Exp.)" positions open. Please search for "New Grad RN" on our careers portal to be considered for current openings.
Why St. Luke's
St. Luke's Health System is Idaho's largest employer and most awarded health system, with a medical staff of over 1,800 physicians and advanced practice providers. Made up of eight hospitals around central and southern Idaho, we are proud to be the only locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system in the state. St. Luke's has been awarded as one of the top 15 health systems in the country by Truven Health Analytics for five consecutive years. St. Luke's is a locally owned and operated, physician-led, not-for-profit health system that is proud to deliver evidence-based, patient centered care. As a member of NACHRI, St. Luke's Children's Hospital is committed to providing high quality healthcare to children throughout the region.
Our pediatric team has more than 150 skilled pediatricians and pediatric specialists, including a full service hospitalist program who work with providers from around the region to provide high quality care to more than 100,000 pediatric patients annually. Additionally, we have a Level IV NICU and a 13-bed PICU, the first in the state of Idaho. St. Luke's Children's Hospital is also developing a pediatric trauma program.
About Boise
Known as the "City of Trees," Boise is Idaho's capital city--both a cultural center and a playground for those who love the outdoors. A vibrant downtown area affords fine dining, theatre, music, and college and semi-professional sports. Downtown Boise's main attractions include the Idaho State Capitol, the classic Egyptian Theatre, the Boise Art Museum, Julia Davis Park and Zoo Boise. The Greenbelt follows the beautiful Boise River corridor for more than 30 miles, and the Boise foothills are home to miles of hiking and biking trails.
Learn more about what the City of Trees has to offer you:
St. Luke's Health System | Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau | Boise Parks and Recreation | Boise Museum Association | Boise Music Festival | Boise Philharmonic | Downtown Boise Restaurants | Boise Valley Economic Partnership | Hyde Park events | Treefort Music Festival | First Thursdays | Alive After Five | Capitol City Public Market | Runs and Triathlons | Shakespeare Festival | Sawtooth National Forest | Visit Idaho.org
*St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.
