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Senior Clinical Nurse I - Bone Marrow Transplant Oncology
Full-time - Rotating Shift
UMMC - Baltimore, MD

University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), a designated Magnet facility, we are a team. Nurses and doctors, specialists and therapists, work shoulder-to-shoulder to give our patients the care they deserve. We take time to celebrate each other's contributions and treat each other with respect by valuing each other's ideas and opinions. Ultimately, we support each other's growth. Together, we form a world-class team dedicated to furthering the practice of patient care.

We are looking for a RN to join our Bone and Marrow Transplant Unit!

The Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI (National Cancer Institute) and provides comprehensive care to patients undergoing bone marrow/stem cell transplantation. Other patients in this unit include hematology/oncology Cancer Center patients requiring inpatient treatment, as well as those patients serving as marrow donors through the National Marrow Donor Program and Gift of Life. Patients can be admitted to the unit from home, other hospitals, and other inpatient units, or from the outpatient unit.

Job Summary

The Blood and Marrow Transplant inpatient unit is seeking registered nurses with a desire to join our premier multidisciplinary team at one of only 51 National Cancer Instutute-Desginated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the country. Nurses on this 16-bed acute unit provide care to adult patients with hematologic malignancies undergoing stem cell transplant or cellular therapies such as CAR-T (Chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, a new and innovative treatment for several hematologic malignancies, including Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Nurses actively participate in clinical trials and novel therapies. With many cancer patients experiencing extended and repeated hospital admissions, nurses are able to connect with patients and families, and greatly impact their care and outcomes.

On the Blood and Marrow Transplant inpatient unit, you'll learn to administer advanced cancer-fighting therapies and earn an Oncology Nursing Society Chemo/Biotherapy certificate. You'll administer blood products, monitor and treat patients for specific disease or treatment-related toxicities, and provide supportive/palliative care to a challenging and vulnerable patient population. Delivery of effective, compassionate cancer care depends on a knowledgeable, strong and dedicated team, and the nurses on this Oncology unit are essential to achieving that mission.

This role is designed for the nurse who is a clinical and professional leader at the unit level. Demonstrates effective and consistent leadership behaviors in advancing evidence based practices, leading unit governance initiatives, and coaching others to achieve and grow in the role of the professional nurse.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

Clinical Practice:

• Provides independent care of unit specific patient population; serves as Clinical Resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc).

• Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit,