Per Diem, Nurse - Radiation Oncology - $2K Sign On
City of Hope
Torrance, CA
Job posting number: #7270277 (Ref:10027343)
Posted: August 6, 2024
Salary / Pay Rate: $48.43 - $72.64 / hour
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Per Diem, Radiation Oncology, RN - $2,000 Sign-On Bonus
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, 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.
- City of Hope is listed #5 among Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for Cancer Care.
We have an exciting opportunity to join City of Hope as a Per diem, Radiation Oncology RN who provides care in the outpatient clinic at our Torrance Community Practice. The nurse will support two Radiation Oncologist in partnership with a second RN.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- The Registered Nurse will support providers with consults and follow-ups.
- Perform patient education
- Start IV's for CT simulations with contrast, coordinate chemotherapy.
- Triage patient concerns related to their radiation therapy treatments and care related questions on side effects and wound care.
- Help support the patient’s health literacy by providing patient education and answering clinical questions related to their care plan.
- Assist in coordinating of PEG tube placement and dental clearance for head and neck patients.
- Assist in the radiation oncology care plan for cardiac devices.
- Navigate the patient and caregivers through any barriers to care to aid in providing timely treatment, be a liaison working with other service lines e.g., financial counsellors, social services, transportation. (high-level awareness of payor authorization related questions that could affect the patients care.)
- Support the patient and caregivers in quality-of-life goals and survivorship.
- Act as a liaison between research team and rad onc team for clinical trial patients, including identifying patients for precision medicine, genetic and available trials.
Additional Information:
8 hour shift, Monday - Friday
May need to support as early as 7am and as late as 7pm on rare occasions.
$61.72/HR. flat rate
Your qualifications should include:
- Associates degree in nursing required.
- 0 -3 years of experience as an RN.
- Current California Registered Nurse License
- Current BLS card through the American Heart Association (AHA)
Preferred Qualification:
- Two years of experience in a physician office or hospital
- One (1) year radiation oncology experience
- EMR experience preferred (EPIC)
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, please click here.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $48.43 - $72.64 / hour
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.
