Registered Nurse, Radiation Oncology, Full Time, Days at Beacon Health System – Elkhart, Indiana

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time, day-shift Registered Nurse (RN) for our Radiation Oncology Department at Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart, IN.

Type: Full-Time/FTE .9 (36 hrs/wk)
Shift: Days
Shift Details: Mon-Fri, Mon-Thur 8-4:30
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.

Benefits Include:

• 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 Elkhart Hospital

Elkhart General Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital located in Elkhart, Indiana. Our full-service, 357-licensed-bed hospital has served the community for more than 100 years with a variety of services including: Emergency Department; radiology; orthopedics; maternity, pregnancy and childbirth; behavioral health; imaging and lab; genetic counseling; DaVinci robotic surgery. As part of Beacon Health System, patients have access to providers not only at this location, but can also access resources and services from across the entire health system.

What You’ll Do

As a Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse, you’ll report to the Director. You’ll apply the nursing process utilizing the Relationship-Based Care framework. You establish strong patient family relationships and collaborate with other professional, clinical and ancillary staff in providing quality care to patients. You display strong teamwork, exhibit self-care and self-knowing in order to be empathetic and compassionate with every interaction.

Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse Job Responsibilities

• Practices self-care, manages workload, and maintains reliable attendance and professional accountability.
• Communicates clearly, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, and participates in rounds, handoffs, briefs, and huddles.
• Serves as a role model, precepts staff, delegates appropriately, and fosters trust and teamwork.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates patient‑centered care using critical thinking, teach‑back, and nursing diagnoses.
• Provides equitable, respectful care while protecting patient privacy, dignity, and rights.
• Engages patients and families, responds promptly to needs, and supports health promotion and recovery.
• Pursues continuing education, engages in quality improvement, and supports resource‑driven practice.
• Evaluates outcomes through rounding, audits, documentation, feedback, and quality reviews.
• Completes documentation and other assigned duties in accordance with standards and core measures.

What You Bring

• As a Radiation Oncology Registered Nurse, you demonstrate a high level of knowledge and competency in interdisciplinary planning as well as performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment and techniques.
• You bring strong analytical and organizational skills necessary to assess, develop and implement individualized plans of patient care/education in changing patient situations with recognition of actual and potential problems, patient/family involvement and the collection of data related to unit nursing care concerns.
• You demonstrate strong interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain positive therapeutic relationships with patients and families and effective working relationships with staff, physicians and others.
• You bring leadership skills in order to provide constructive feedback to peers regarding nursing issues. You participate in unit and hospital-wide decision-making. You are adaptable, flexible and support changes made.
• You demonstrate the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• You have the general working knowledge of the normal growth, development, related behaviors, needs, comfort, and range of treatment appropriate to the age (including neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric) and diagnosis of patients to support the provision of an individualized interdisciplinary plan of care.
• You bring an understanding of the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.
• You will function within the legal boundaries of the Indiana Nurse Practice Act based on the knowledge of statutes and rules governing nursing.
• You provide nursing care without discrimination on the basis of diagnosis, age, sex, race, creed or color.

Required Qualifications

Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) is required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana.
Candidates hired after January 1, 2014, must have or obtain a BSN within five (5) years of employment as a Registered Nurse, or will have the option to become certified in their area of specialty. The certification must be maintained based on accrediting body standards.

The Beacon Way

At Beacon Health System, our approach to care goes beyond clinical excellence because it’s built on meaningful connections. Guided by our core values of Trust, Respect, Integrity, and Compassion, we strive to create an environment where patients feel heard, employees feel valued, and innovation thrives.

We call this commitment The Beacon Way—a six-point operating system that empowers every team member to lead with purpose, communicate clearly, cultivate talent, embrace performance improvement, leverage innovation, and build greatness through accountability. Whether at the bedside or behind the scenes, everyone at Beacon plays a role in moving health forward.

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