Radiology RN
Full Time
Days
10 hour shifts
Call Required
As a Radiation Oncology RN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Perform direct patient care and act as support person, advocate and educator within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act, with emphasis on nursing process / outcomes for the Radiation Oncology service line. · Determine the predictable or unpredictable health status and health needs of patients (individual and family) through interpretation of health data and preventive practice in collaboration with patients and interdisciplinary health care team members. · Utilize a systematic approach to provide individualized, goal-directed nursing care. · Perform comprehensive nursing assessments regarding the health status of the patient. · Formulate a nursing care plan based on determination of nursing diagnoses and identified problems. · Implement nursing care within the RN’s scope of practice, including compliance with other laws that apply to the practice setting. · Develop and implement teaching plans for patients concerning promotion, maintenance and restoration of health, as related to current disease-specific state · Provide education, emotional support and age specific care to foster a partnership with the patient and significant others. · Provide for the care of multiple patients (individual and family) either through direct care or assignment and/or delegation of care to other members of the healthcare team. · Evaluate the patient’s (individual and family) responses and outcomes to therapeutic interventions. · Use critical thinking approach to analyze clinical data and current literature as a basis for decision making in nursing practice. · Provide comprehensive discharge coordination and planning for medically fragile patients with complex discharge needs. · Coordinates a plan of care, including appointments, transportation, and education, serving as a liaison throughout the facility and in the community regarding services for this unique population. · Strong interpersonal skills needed to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with physicians, social workers, surgeons, nurses, office staff and other members of the interdisciplinary team. · Follows patients by phone to continue to navigate patient and help coordinate future medical needs. · Serves as a supportive point person when patients are readmitted to the hospital. · Assumes responsibility and accountability for the management of resources to achieve efficient, high quality outcomes for each patient including support for interdisciplinary collaborations. · Identifies patterns and issues that arise after discharge and implements solutions that improve the quality of care. · Aid in the education process for new and established referral practitioners and outpatient clinics regarding radiation oncology and Cyberknife
· Act as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members · Other duties as assigned
Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare
Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Radiation Oncology RN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.