Oncology Infusion Nurse: Expert Care & Survivorship

Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach (FL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Healthcare spending accounts

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Pet Insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

On-site housing

Job summary

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach seeks a skilled oncology nurse to join our patient-centered team. You will perform comprehensive nursing assessments, monitor treatment plans, and ensure accurate EPIC documentation while maintaining calm leadership in crisis.

This role emphasizes collaboration with physicians, pharmacy, lab, and support services to deliver compassionate cancer care, educate patients on treatment options and side effects, and support survivorship initiatives within a

Qualifications

• Current Licensure in the state of Florida. BSN preferred.
• Associate's Degree in Nursing. BSN preferred
• Level II: Minimum of 2 years in area of specialty in an inpatient or outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a calm, professional manner during a crisis or emergency situation at all times within the patient care environment.
• Performs comprehensive nursing assessments for oncology patients.
• Reviews laboratory values, diagnostic testing, treatment plans, and clinical documentation prior to provider visits and treatment initiation.
• Demonstrates ability to interpret chemotherapy orders accurately (calculates BSA and ANC correctly).
• Assesses treatment-related toxicities and communicates findings to providers.
• Monitors patients for disease progression, complications, and treatment
• Provides triage and symptom management for acute and chronic oncology-related issues.
• Demonstrates the ability to identify signs and symptoms of oncologic emergencies and provide management appropriately and quickly.
• Establishes priorities for patient care based on patient needs as evidenced by completion of assigned duties within shift.
• Participates in survivorship planning and supportive care initiatives.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams, utilizes professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Reviews and interprets laboratory results, relaying critical lab results to providers and documenting in EPIC in a timely manner.
• Reinforces informed consent and treatment understanding.
• Educates patients on treatment side effects, emergency symptoms, and self-management strategies.
• Uses established lines of communication for resolution of problems and interpersonal conflict.
• Verbalizes understanding of patient diagnosis and interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Provides individualized education regarding diagnosis, treatment options, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapies, oral agents, symptom management, and supportive care.
• Escalates concerns appropriately to nursing leadership team using chain of command.
• Completes nursing documents accurately and in a timely manner following Joint Commission Standards.
• Proficient use of EPIC for accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, referrals to multidisciplinary team, and communication among staff.
• Safely and correctly initiates and documents nursing interventions in emergency situations.
• Follows approved protocol in receiving critical results and performing timely and accurate communication and follow-up.
• Verbalizes and demonstrates understanding use of equipment in the department.
• Follows chemotherapy/biotherapy/immunotherapy protocols as per hospital policy, including pre-administration checklist review, two-nurse double-checking of each drug requiring these checks, patient monitoring during administration, and post administration responsibilities such as proper disposal of used/empty medication bags, discontinuing of peripheral lines or de-accessing ports, discharge instructions, and confirming next appointments.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the safe administration of chemotherapy and disposal of chemotherapy wastes and equipment as per ONS guidelines.
• Identifies acute local and systemic reactions as a result of extravasation or anaphylaxis in association with specific chemotherapy drugs and appropriate interventions.
• Verbalizes/demonstrates understanding blood product transfusion protocols and handling of blood transfusion reactions.
• Verbalizes understanding and demonstrate use of Chemo spill kit and use of approved PPE during administration and disposal of Chemotherapy/Biotherapy based on institutional policy and procedure.
• Verbalizes understanding of signs and symptoms of oncologic emergencies and emergency or symptom management.
• Reinforces treatment goals and ensure understanding through patient-centered teaching.
• Collaborates with physicians, pharmacy, laboratory services, research teams, social work, navigation, and support services, referring patients as needed based on identified or reported needs.

Job description

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach seeks a skilled oncology nurse to join our patient-centered team. You will perform comprehensive nursing assessments, monitor treatment plans, and ensure accurate EPIC documentation while maintaining calm leadership in crisis.

This role emphasizes collaboration with physicians, pharmacy, lab, and support services to deliver compassionate cancer care, educate patients on treatment options and side effects, and support survivorship initiatives within a