Registered Nurse (RN), Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Full-time Days in South Bend, Indiana at Beacon Health System

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time day shift Registered Nurse for our Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic Department at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, IN.

Be a Beacon. Make a Difference.

At Beacon Health System, you’re not just part of a team, you’re part of something bigger. Every patient interaction is a chance to lead with compassion, build trust, and create lasting impact. Here, your expertise supports healing, and your heart connects us to the communities we serve.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance through Cigna

• Life Insurance

• 403(b) Matching Retirement Fund

• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Shift Differentials

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition and Certification Reimbursement

• Clinical Ladder Program

• Local and National Discounts

• Beacon Academy Educational Courses

• Gym Membership Discount

About Memorial Hospital
Located in the heart of South Bend, Memorial Hospital is deeply rooted in the community it serves. From advanced surgical services to award-winning heart and cancer care, we provide comprehensive treatment with a personal touch. As part of Beacon Health System, we’re dedicated to improving health and inspiring hope throughout the region.

What You’ll Do

As a Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic Department Registered Nurse, you’ll report to the Director or Manager to provide professional nursing services in the area of assignment, assess the needs of patients and initiates, and implement and evaluate individualized plans of care. You will collaborate with other professional, clinical, and ancillary staff in providing compassionate and quality care to patients.

Pediatric Hematology Oncology Clinic Department RN Job Responsibilities

• Performing the priority (high risk, high frequency) technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
• Establishing and/or revising priorities for job/patient care activities based on the acuity of the need, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, consideration for other department or staff priorities, timelines and plans.
• Responding to data indicating potential or actual risk to an individual's physical or emotional health by initiating action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk.
• Advocating for the patient or family when necessary to achieve appropriate outcomes.
• Maintaining accountability for own and delegated actions and decisions. Bases actions and decisions on scientific principles/logic, successful experiences, intuition, standards of practice/protocols, and organizational values.
• Seeking supervision, consultation, or assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
• Using internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.
• Developing or revising a plan of care for assigned patients based on initial and ongoing data. Includes measurable goals/outcomes; reflects values, preferences and limitations of patient and/or family; identifies interventions to achieve outcomes/goals; addresses pertinent physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and learning problems/needs.
• Initiating or maintaining interventions to assure continuity of safe-effective care for patients across the entire continuum of care.
• Modifying, continuing or discontinuing interventions, goals, or time frames, according to evaluation of effectiveness, efficiency and/or patient satisfaction.
• Documenting, consistently and within established guidelines, assessments, interventions, actions, data collection results and outcomes of interventions.
• Using interpersonal communication strategies with all members of the team in order to achieve desirable and acceptable outcomes or responses and perception of satisfaction by those involved.
• Delegating to other staff members based upon acuity/complexity of need, role definition and ability to perform, collective needs of patients, families and unit. Maintains accountability for achieving appropriate outcomes/goals associated with delegated acts.
• Maintaining awareness of advances in clinical specialty.
• Contributing to the department's ability to achieve and maintain clinical excellence, customer focused-service excellence, fiscal responsibility, innovative and talented people, and the best place to work.
• Following through and completing other job-related assignments or requests for assistance.
• Contributing to the development of co-workers through positive role modeling, resource assistance and direct feedback.

What You Bring

As a Registered Nurse, you’ll bring a high level of knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment, and techniques and your advanced analytical skills are necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care. You demonstrate the interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, patients, visitors, physicians and others. You demonstrate the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, clearly and concisely. You understand the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances, in support of co-workers and departmental functions.

Required Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited nursing program and RN license in the state of Indiana

• Within 5 years of employment as an RN, obtain a BSN or certification in your area of specialty