Attending Nurse Cancer Care

Veterans in Healthcare; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Nittany Health is seeking an RN Attending to provide direct patient care on-site in State College, PA. The nurse will assess needs, educate patients and families, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to plan, direct, and evaluate care across the continuum.

The role requires an associates degree in nursing with BSN preferred and licensure to practice as an RN. Prior RN or LPN experience plus BLS are required, with potential for leadership duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Associates' Degree in Nursing is required.
• BSN preferred; BSN required within four years of hire.
• 1 year of RN experience or 2 years of LPN experience with BLS required.
• Current RN licensure in state of employment or multistate license via compact.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, direct, practice, and evaluate patient care.
• Provide clinical assessment and triage of patient calls.
• Educate patients and families as required.
• Coordinate care with multidisciplinary team across continuum.
• Communicate with physicians and health professionals to plan care.
• Maintain communication on patient needs and outcomes.
• Support quality data collection and process improvement.
• Participate in interviewing and training staff.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient education

Team collaboration

Phone triage

Education

Associates' Degree in Nursing

BSN

Job description

State College, PA, United States (On-site)

POSITION SUMMARY

The RN Attending Nurse will provide direct patient care, administers medications, educates, collaborates, and counsels patients and families. The Registered Nurse assesses physical, psychosocial, and learning needs of patients and families. The Attending RN will serve as the professional nurse by assessing, planning, directing, practicing and evaluating patient care in a designated group practice.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Associates' Degree in Nursing required.
• BSN preferred
• BSN required within four (4) years of hire.

Experience

• One (1) year of RN experience or two (2) years of LPN experience Basic Life Support (BLS) required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

License/Certification/Registration:

• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse by state of employment or holds a multistate RN license through the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

SUPERVISION GIVEN

None

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Serve as a professional nurse by assessing, planning, directing, practicing, and evaluating patient care in a designated group practice.
• Provide clinical assessment and triage of patient phone calls.
• Provide patient education as required.
• Collaborate with professional colleagues to coordinate care for patients as part of a multidisciplinary team as the patient moves across the continuum of care; define, implement, and evaluate the patient's plan of care.
• Communicate with the physician(s) and other health care professionals to facilitate health care planning for patients of the specialty service.
• Maintain appropriate communication concerning patient needs, outcomes, and deviations from expected outcomes.
• Assist leadership with evidence based practice and quality data collection to recommend/initiate improvements.
• Participate in interviewing candidates for vacant positions within the service line and provide input for hiring.
• Provide peer review feedback for peer evaluations.
• Precept, orient, and train new staff.
• In the absence of the Supervisor, assume supervisory responsibilities pertaining to the daily operations.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Participate on assigned committees.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

About Us

At Mount Nittany Health, we provide high-quality patient care with a unique combination of the latest in clinical technology and compassionate medical professionals. We are committed to improving both the quality and availability of healthcare in our region and seek to hire only the best to support the communities we serve.

Why Mount Nittany Health?

At Mount Nittany Health, we provide high-quality patient care with a unique combination of the latest in clinical technology and compassionate medical professionals. We are committed to improving both the quality and availability of healthcare in our region and seek to hire only the best to support the communities we serve.

Job Info

• Job Identification 3283
• Job Category Nursing and Patient Care Services
• Posting Date 10/07/2026, 08:45 AM
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 155 Wellness Way, State College, PA, 16803, US (On-site)
• FTE 1
• Is call required No
• Weekends required No