Oncology Infusion Nurse

1w1 week ago

Southern Illinois Healthcare

US · Full-time · $65,000 – $102,044

About this role

This role is responsible for providing professional nursing care to SIH patients, with a focus on oncology infusion services. Nurses assess patients to determine their mental, physical, and spiritual needs while establishing a compassionate environment for emotional and psychological support.

Day-to-day duties include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individual care plans in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. Nurses provide health teaching and counseling to promote optimal health, and use clinical judgment to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition.

Nurses will work in infusion centers such as the CTC-Infusion Center or SJ-Infusion, requiring completion of ONS Fundamentals within the first six months and a Chemotherapy Certificate Course within one year. The environment emphasizes patient safety, quality of care, and advocacy through collaboration with other health service professionals.

Opportunities for growth include earning and renewing ONS chemotherapy certification every two years. Nurses may also float to other SIH nursing units within their competency level, broadening their clinical experience across the organization.

Requirements

Current Illinois Registered Nurse license
Current CPR/BLS Card
ONS Fundamentals within first 6 months (for infusion center roles)
ONS Chemotherapy Certificate Course within 1 year (renewed every 2 years)
Associate, Diploma, Bachelor’s or Master’s in Nursing

Responsibilities

Assess patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs
Establish a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and families
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary healthcare team
Provide health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients
Demonstrate ability to use clinical judgment in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition
Complete accurate and timely documentation in the patient medical record
Serve as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals
Float to other SIH nursing units within competency level