Nursing Assistant-5W, Hematology/Oncology (8 shifts/6 weeks)

Nemours Children's Health Wilmington, DE, US

Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Nursing Assistant for 5 West -Hematology Oncology Transplant and Cellular Therapy unit. This is for eight 12-hour shifts in a 6-week schedule, 12 hour rotating shifts with weekend and holiday requirements.

5 West is a 24-bed unit has been designated as the Hematology/Transplant and Cellular Therapy and Endocrine unit for the Nemours/ Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children. This step-down unit provides inpatient care for pediatric patients requiring services from the Hematology/ Oncology, Transplant and Cellular Therapy, and Endocrine subspecialties. Admitting diagnoses include but are not limited to leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumors, neuroblastomas, solid organ malignancies, sickle cell disease, bleeding disorders, diabetes, and other types of genetic and immune disorders. In addition, stem cell and bone marrow donors are cared for on this unit. The type of patient care provided in this area is complex due to patient diagnosis, the intensity of therapy, the criticality of patient condition, and the extensive patient/family issues that necessitate nursing intervention.

This position can flex to all units in the hospital as well to the hematology oncology clinic as needed.

Essential Functions

Ensuring a clean and safe patient care unit, assisting patients with activities of daily life (bath, feed, play, etc.
Collects patient specimens (blood, urine, stool, other per policy), paying close attention to patient safety, comfort, and accuracy of information.
Uses Hospital Information Systems as required for patient care, (e.g., documenting vital signs and patient care activities.)
Accurately relays information from physicians, nurses, laboratory personnel and others.
Transport’s patients and delivers reports, supplies, etc., to other patient units or Institute locations as needed.
Ensures an adequate stock of all necessary equipment and supplies in designated areas at established par levels.
Courteously and professionally covers patient care unit front desk as needed. This includes promptly answering telephones, greeting patients, sending reports, distributing, sorting, or processing mail, entering orders, managing medical record, etc.
Participates in unit, departmental, and hospital education programs
Attends unit meetings regularly as specified in policy.

Requirements

Able to read and write accurately.
Able to understand laboratory orders, computer information, and some medical terminology.
Comfortable with obtaining specimens, including blood specimens, from a patient population that is primarily pediatric and often ill, handicapped, or restricted in some way.
Current AHA Healthcare Provider (HCP) Certification

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .

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