The Nurse II plans, provides and supervises nursing interventions for individuals with cancer and cancer-related health care problems; diagnoses and treats human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as patient care, health teaching, and health counseling; provides interventions supportive to or restorative of life and well-being; executes medical regimens prescribed by a physician, dentist or other licensed health care provider authorized by the State Education Commissioner’s regulations; supervises Nurse I’s, Licensed Practical Nurses, Hospital Clinical Assistants and Clinical Support Assistants; performs administrative tasks with assigned area of responsibility; enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings and workshops.
Applicants must possess a License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New York and have graduation from an accredited school of nursing and the equivalent of one (1) year of full-time oncology nursing experience; or graduation from an accredited school of nursing and the equivalent of one (1) year of full-time critical care experience; or graduation from an accredited school of nursing, the equivalent of one (1) year of full-time medical-surgical experience in an acute care setting and completion of orientation with the ability to function independently at a satisfactory level for three (3) months (full-time); or graduation from an accredited school of nursing and the equivalent of three (3) years of full-time medical-surgical experience in an acute care setting.
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Incumbents will serve a one (1) year full-time probationary period as a Nurse II.
The preferred candidate will have a BSN and an OCN cert or previous oncology experience or one (1) year med/surgical experience. The preferred candidate will have an IVCS certification or obtain one within 6 (six) months of appointment.
Applicants must reference the Posting # when applying for this position.
Interested applicants may apply by uploading a cover letter and resume below in Microsoft Word or PDF format.