We are hiring at the UofL Health Brown Cancer Center - Downtown Location: 529 S. Jackson St. Louisville, KY 40202
Shift: PRN, First Shift
About Us UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center is an academic cancer center affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. The cancer center's goal is to make cancer a disease of the past through cutting-edge care, innovative clinical trials and cancer prevention efforts. Brown Cancer Center is home to Kentucky's first and longest-accredited program by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. We are a nationally recognized center for developing experimental cancer therapeutics and diagnostics and have the most significant cancer trials program in the region. We are a global leader in the clinical trial testing of new immunotherapies that activate your body's immune system to fight cancer and have become early adopters of these immunotherapies that reduce the cancer death rate in the U.S. The Center for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy has been established through experts at the Brown Cancer Center to understand further the role of cancer and the immune system to identify new therapeutic targets and develop innovative treatment strategies.
Benefits & Perks Competitive Pay & Benefits Options. Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays. Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner. 401K with Employer Match. Job Summary: The Radiation Oncology Nurse Clinician operates under a clinical case management model to provide care to adult and geriatric patients during all phases of their treatment. Duties are to provide and coordinate patient care, including: direct Radiation Oncology clinics to provide for physician patient consultation, initiate processes to ensure labs and test are completed and checked in a timely fashion providing for accommodating schedules. The Nurse Clinician will schedule initial chemotherapies, provide for educational support for patients and their families to enhance family centered care outcomes and interact with triage to provide for an extension of clinical support. The Nurse Clinicians use nursing practice competencies to achieve safe, optimal care for patients and families.
Required Qualifications: Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN); must obtain or enroll in a BSN program within two (2) years of hire. Current ONS Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy certification course provider card. Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association. Two (2) years of oncology patient care experience. Preferred Qualifications: ONCC certification (OCN, BMTCN and/or CBCN); must obtain within 1 year of eligibility. #LI-DNI
