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Nurse (Clinical/Oncology)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: This position is located in the 5T Hematology/Oncology Unit, Department of Nursing, at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
What You'll Do
- →Provide specialized professional nursing care to critically ill patients of all ages with cancer.
- →Perform assessment based on patient’s disease process, underlying comorbid conditions that affect treatment (such as cardiac conditions, pulmonary conditions, renal dysfunction and diabetes), chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
- →Administer prescribed medications orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously, topically, etc., and knows which drugs will alter the effects of other drugs if administered concurrently.
- →Provide patient teaching about disease process, cancer and radiation therapy, including expected side effects/toxicities.
- →Assist in training nurses, physician fellows, and technical training students to care for oncology patients and acts as preceptor for nurses learning radiation oncology specialty nursing.
- →Receive telephone calls from patients and makes appropriate decision on self-treatment, recommendation to come to clinic as walk-in for care, need for physician intervention or referral to emergency department.
Requirements
- ✓See Qualifications section for education requirements.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 638694d0-ac40-411a-ac3b-062fbb0396f1
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