Registered Nurse (RN) | Oncology Extended Hours

Sioux Center Health; Sioux Falls (SD); Hybrid; USD 42,705 - 63,714; Part time

Job summary

Sioux Center Health is seeking an Oncology Extended Hours Nurse in Sioux Falls to provide nursing care in the evenings. This role includes assessing patients, administering oncology treatments, and delivering care during extended hours.

The ideal candidate must be a Registered Nurse with an active state license and capable of working nights and weekends. Previous oncology experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to work evenings and weekends.
• Visual acuity to perform job duties.
• Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess oncology patients.
• Administer treatments in the oncology infusion center.
• Deliver high-quality care outside regular clinic hours.
• Document patient care services accurately.

Skills

Oncology care

Patient assessment

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) - active license in state of practice

ONS Fundamentals Provider Card

ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card

Job description

Work Shift

Primarily evenings with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Location

Avera Cancer Institute-Sioux Falls

Worker Type

PRN

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$31.00 - $46.25

Additional Job Description

The Oncology Extended Hours Nurse will provide nursing care for Avera Oncology patients under the oversight of a provider during evening and weekend hours.

Hours: M-F 5-9PM; Sat-Sun 9AM-3PM

Key Responsibilities

• Triage and assess oncology patients.
• Administer treatments and transfusions in an oncology infusion center setting.
• Deliver high-quality care to patients needing services outside of regular clinic hours.

Program Details

This position supports the launch of oncology extended hours care, with operations targeted to begin in the first quarter of 2026 (exact start date to be determined).

While the primary responsibility is coverage during evening and weekend extended hours, additional daytime shifts may be available based on the individual’s availability and desired hours per pay period.

Brief Overview

Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What You Will Do

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventative maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing; an active license in the state of practice Upon Hire and
• ONS Fundamentals Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 60 Days or
• ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society within 60 Days and
• ONS Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Provider Card - Oncology Nursing Society upon expiration of ONS Fundamentals Provider Card within 3 Years

Preferred Education, License/Certification, Or Work Experience

• Previous Oncology experience

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [e-mail].