Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Oncology
Company: Tenet Desert
Location: Palm Springs
Posted on: November 2, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Tenet Desert is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN)
Outpatient Oncology for a nursing job in Palm Springs, California.
Job Description & Requirements - Specialty: Oncology - Discipline:
RN - Duration: Ongoing - 36 hours per week - Shift: 12 hours -
Employment Type: Staff /n Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on
experience /n Desert Regional Medical Center is a 385-bed
acute-care hospital classified as a stroke receiving center and
Level I Trauma Center with an innovative, patient centered and
evidence-based Rehabilitation Services Department. Our
compassionate team provides a wide range of inpatient and
outpatient services, including acute care rehabilitation, joint
replacement & spinal surgery, neurosurgery, ICU, Telemetry,
step-down care, skilled nursing, as well as outpatient therapy,
hand and lymphedema clinics. /n GENERAL DUTIES: /n Registered Nurse
serves in a leadership role and delivers direct patient care to
assigned population. /n Shift: Days /n Hours: DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
DUTIES: • Demonstrates independence in assessing patient care needs
and learning needs on routine and complex pediatric, adult and
geriatric patients to develop plan of care. • Assists RN I and RN
II with assessment of complex patients. • Documents pertinent
nursing assessment, including physical and psycho-social on all
assigned patients. • Demonstrates understanding of lab diagnostic
data and incorporates in assessment; acts as a resource for others
in interpreting results. • Identifies situations with complex
variables, determines inter-relationship of variables and acts as
consultant to RN I and RN II in assessing non-routine situations. •
Identifies potential and/or existing patient care problems within
assignment and assumes responsibility for problem resolution,
solving and utilizing resources appropriately. • Initiates and
follows through with appropriate referrals to other
interdisciplinary healthcare team members. • Determines optimal
patient care priorities and assists other team members with
priority planning. • Plans care and education based on disease
process and desired patient outcomes. Ensures continuity of
services provided to patients across all healthcare settings,
utilizing protocols and/or clinical pathways, as appropriate. •
Involves patient and care giver(s) in planning and setting of goals
for care and incorporates these goals in the delivery • Provides
nursing care and patient education to assigned routine and complex
patients, applying standards of care, policies and procedures,
utilizing effective time management and instituting measures for a
safe environment. • Demonstrates knowledge of principles of growth
and development throughout the life-span to competently provide
care of pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. • Documentation
reflects the evaluation of the effectiveness of patient and/or care
giver(s) education and discharge planning. • Assists other team
members in the completion of assignments, and is active as a
resource, preceptor and role model. • Performance reflects
compliance and expertise based on principles as described and
demonstrated in annual competencies. • Discusses concerns or
conflicts in appropriate setting, utilizing appropriate and
effective verbal and non-verbal communication; recognized by
co-workers as a role model for effective and professional
communication. • Maintains confidentiality of department and CCC
patient information. Interacts with patient/care givers, physicians
and CCC team in a positive proactive manner. • Communicates with
family and patient, taking into consideration cultural, educational
and age specific criteria. • Expresses ideas clearly; listens
effectively; keeps others informed as necessary; chooses a
appropriate and timely communication methods; willingly shares
information. • Modifies care delivery based on observations of
patient’s responses to interventions • Utilizes continuous quality
improvement measures to modify patient care to provide quality
patient care outcomes. • Initiates and applies new clinical
interventions, based on expert knowledge, technical competency and
literature review. • Identifies recurring clinical issues and uses
leadership skills to change or solve them. • Consistently (verbal
and non-verbal) supports administrative actions by serving as role
model. Uses conflict resolution actions when conflicts or concerns
are evident. • Demonstrates the ability to act calmly, decisively
and timely in difficult/emergent situations. • Accomplishes unit
goals through co-worker motivation. Tenet Desert Job ID 2503023898.
Posted job title: RN Oncology Outpatient Infusion Center Full Time
Days Benefits - Sign-On bonus
Keywords: Tenet Desert, Palm Springs , Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Oncology, Healthcare , Palm Springs, California
