Per Diem, Main Ambulatory Clinic

Join the transformative team at City 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, andtreatment facilitiesin 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.

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse to join our multispecialty clinic at City of Hope Lennar Foundation Cancer Center. As a Clinical Nurse you will be assisting multiple providers in care coordination, providing patient education, triaging, following up on orders, and supporting practice providers. The Clinical Nurse works within a multidisciplinary care team delivering exceptional care and will make a significant impact on our patients' cancer journey.This is a per diem position to assist the clinic with staff time off, in addition to assist with coverage on higher acuity clinic days.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Coordinate and provide age-appropriate, patient centered care in an oncology and multi-specialty clinic: (endocrinology, pain management, integrative medicine, gastroenterology, cardiology, acupuncture, and survivorship)
• Collaborate with oncology specialists and other multidisciplinary teams to develop and adjust treatment plans based on the patient's progress and needs.
• Perform pre-procedure phone calls for appointments
• Triage patient concerns via telephone and inbox messages using established protocols by documenting all encounters with EMR
• Promote wellness and prevention strategies to oncology patients, ensuring they are equipped with knowledge about self-care and survivorship.
• Facilitate prescription refills according to refill protocols, utilizing electronic prescriptions.
• Assist patients navigate survivorship care, by providing education and resources to patients and families.
• Uses evidence-based practice and best available research to inform practice.
• Enhances professional growth and development.
• Participates in unit-based projects and activities, staff meetings, councils, work teams.
• Reviews current literature attends educational programs, workshops, and in-services.
• Actively participates in shared decision-making / participative leadership through councils, committees, work teams, task forces, and unit-based practice councils.

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or master's degree in nursing
• One to Three years experience in an acute care and/or outpatient setting
• Current California Registered Nurse license
• Current BLS certification from American Heart Association

Preferred:

• Master's degree in nursing or related field
• National certification (must obtain within three years and must be maintained thereafter to retain Clin III status)

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.