Infusion Nurse - Tucson

Option Care Health; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Option Care Health in Tempe, AZ is seeking an Infusion Nurse II to coordinate and provide intermediate direct patient care in the home or alternate infusion suite. This role focuses on patient safety and continuity under a physician’s plan of care with supervision by a designated supervisor.

The nurse will administer medications, deliver treatments, educate patients and families, and adapt plans as patient status changes to meet care goals.

Qualifications

• Licensed registered nurse with active RN license.
• Infusion nursing experience preferred.
• Ability to coordinate patient care in home or infusion suite.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and implements intermediate nursing plan of care in home or infusion suite.
• Assesses patient needs and progress at each visit and documents changes.
• Provides training to Infusion Nurse I and educates patients and families.

Skills

Nursing care

Medication administration

Patient education

Care coordination

Education

RN license

Job description

Extraordinary Careers. Endless Possibilities.

With the nation's largest home infusion provider, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is re-imagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members.

Join a company that is taking action to develop an inclusive, respectful, engaging and rewarding culture for all team members. At Option Care Health your voice is heard, your work is valued, and you’re empowered to grow. Cultivating a team with a variety of talents, backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger, innovative, and more impactful. Our organization requires extraordinary people to provide extraordinary care, so we are investing in a culture that attracts, hires and retains the best and brightest talent in healthcare.

Job Description Summary:

An Infusion Nurse II is a licensed registered nurse who coordinates and provides intermediate direct patient care to patients in the home, or in an alternate infusion suite, to ensure patient safety with continuity and compliance under a physician’s plan of care. Works under structured supervision of the designated supervisor.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and/or time spent)

• Initiates, develops, and implements intermediate nursing plan of care treatments, evaluating patient progress towards goals. Organizes and participates in the provision of direct patient care, performs treatments, administers medications, and educates patients and families/caregivers. Modifies plan of treatment in response to changing patient status or physician orders to achieve established or revised patient care goals.
• Assesses patient needs and physical status at each skilled visit through health data access and patient interview. Re-evaluates patient needs through physical reassessment, response to therapy, and supplemental physician orders. Obtains and clarifies physician orders for plan of treatment revisions, informs physician promptly of significant changes in patient’s condition, and provides written summary to physician within supplemental order.
• Provides training and mentorship to Infusion Nurse I's as needed to ensure patient safety and compliance.
• Provides effective and safe teaching using patient-centered care approach for patient and family to achieve independence with prescribed therapy and care needs through active participation per plan of treatment goals.
• Effectively