Travel Infusion Registered Nurse

Job Description :

Metro Infusion Center (affiliated with Metro Infectious Disease Consultants) is seeking a full-time Travel Infusion Registered Nurse to work in various short-term travel assignments. This candidate will have the opportunity to travel to various clinics within our 30-state network, experience diverse practice environments, and explore new places! All travel related expenses will be reimbursed by Metro Infusion Center.

Ideal candidate will have excellent IV skills (PICC certified preferred, but not required), should be well-organized, punctual, flexible, and comfortable working in a wide range of environments. This position offers the high-tech travel infusion nurse the ability to utilize skills in an office setting and competitive pay.

Location : This role would require travel to any of our clinics in 30 states across the U.S. When not on a travel assignment, RN would be working full-time (M-F) at a clinic either in Lee's Summit, MO, Kansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS, Avondale, AZ, Huntsville, AL or Birmingham, AL.

Duties :

Insert Peripheral lines; teach infusion patients how to self-administer medications. Must have excellent IV skills. Document same in Medical Record

Must be familiar with PICC lines and proficient in PICC dressing changes

Review and chart daily laboratory results, passing information on to physicians and / or patients as needed

E-prescribe new prescriptions and refills at doctor's order and communicates to pharmacies

Receive and return patient and other's telephone calls

Review EMR charts for next day's appointments, ordering lab results, consult reports or notes as necessary and document all required fields are within EMR to be eligible for meaningful use

Responding to telephone calls, meeting patients in the office on weekends, scheduling patients to come to the office as needed

Participate in quality assurance and educational activities as requested

Use clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs establishing priorities

Monitor the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment

Participate in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with facility

Arrange for daily coverage with co-worker

Assist and consults with the physician in the ordering of procedures and diagnostic tests

Order laboratory tests for patients per provider's order or standing order. Performs follow-up on abnormal labs and medication refills as instructed

Maintain patient records, billing documentation and all other administrative records, documentation, and correspondence in practice's EHR as required

Administer immunizations, TB screening, medications and blood draws consistent with current guidelines and established protocols

Support professional practice by observing the following : Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with 1) Standards of Nursing Practice; 2) JCAHO, state and local laws; 3) MIDC policy

Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by Practice Physicians and Practice Administrator

Requirements

Requirements :

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing,

Valid RN state license(s) (MIDC will assist in retaining additional state licenses if necessary),

At least (2) two years RN office practice experience, preferably in an infusion-related practice,

Infusion experience,

Chemo experience is preferred, but not required,

Must live in the state of Kansas or Missouri

Must be able to travel 75% of the time

Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters, commonly required for those working with immunocompromised patients, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A & B, influenza, and COVID-19

Requests for accommodations / exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, consistent with applicable laws.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Travel Bonus

Life Insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Salary

$90,000-$110,000 ($35 / hour + monthly bonus)

$500 / day additional when traveling

Travel / lodging / food reimbursement