Overview
**Description**
The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing nursing care adapted to individual patient needs based on the nursing process, which includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. This position is accountable and responsible for the planning and providing comprehensive outpatient care for patients/families being cared by for the breast surgery physicians of the Cancer Institute. The nurse’s understanding of the pathophysiology of cancer as well as the major treatment modalities for breast cancer enables her/him to participate fully in all phases of care for the breast surgical patient and their significant support system. The nurse is responsible for patient navigation: triage, testing, symptom management, patient/family education, and pre/post-op care. The nurse functions as a practice liaison with surgical and radiation oncology services to optimize OR and ASC utilization. The nurse is responsible for identifying special needs of patients and making referrals to other healthcare professionals to facilitate holistic care of each patient. The nurse practices in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act in the state of employment, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the ANA scope and standards of practice. Key functions and specific skills for the job are found in the unit-specific checklist and in standards that are applicable to the specialty.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Oregon Clinical Programs and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Nursing degree/diploma required upon hire.
+ Upon hire: Oregon Registered Nurse License
+ Upon hire: National Provider BLS – American Heart Association
+ 1 year Current surgical nursing experience
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred.
+ 1 year surgical RN experience, outpatient preferred
+ EPIC experience
+ Telephone Triage experience
**Why Join Providence?**
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
**About Providence**
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
**About the Team**
Providence Physician Enterprise (PE) is a service line within Providence serving patients across seven states with quality, compassionate, coordinated care. Collectively, our medical groups and affiliate practices are the third largest group in the country with over 11,000 providers, 900 clinics and 30,000 caregivers.
PE is comprised of Providence Medical Group in Alaska, Washington, Montana and Oregon; Swedish Medical Group in Washington’s greater Puget Sound area, Pacific Medical Centers in western Washington; Kadlec in southeast Washington; Providence’s St. John’s Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Institute in Southern California; Providence Facey Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Foundation in Northern and Southern California; and Covenant Medical Group and Covenant Health Partners in west Texas and eastern New Mexico.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
**Requsition ID:** 251867
**Company:** Providence Jobs
**Job Category:** Patient Care (Non-Acute)
**Job Function:** Clinical Care
**Job Schedule:** Per-Diem
**Job Shift:** Day
**Career Track:** Nursing
**Department:** 5013 PMG CP HEM ONC CANC
**Address:** OR Portland 9155 SW Barnes Rd
**Work Location:** Providence St Vincent Medical Office Bldg East Pavillion
**Pay Range:** $37.93 – $60.04
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Check out our benefits page for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.
