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Summary

Opening on January 27, 2025, Moffitt Cancer Center at SouthShore, will be a 75,000 square feet full-service outpatient facility designed and equipped to provide the same level of cancer care we provide at our main hospital. 

Radiation therapy is an integral part of the comprehensive cancer care that we provide at Moffitt Cancer Center. Designed to help kill cancerous cells, shrink tumors and alleviate symptoms, radiation-based treatments are used in the management of many different types and stages of cancer.

While radiation therapy relies heavily on advanced machines and new technologies, even more important are the oncologists who provide it. Even the best equipment must be placed in more-than-capable hands to be exceptionally effective. Patients in Moffitt’s Radiation Oncology Program receive care from a multispecialty radiation oncology team. Many of our radiation oncologists specialize in treating just one or two specific cancers. That means that patients will work with oncologists who understand the unique challenges of their situation.

Our Radiation Oncology Clinic cares for 110-180 patients on a daily basis, depending on the location.  We are currently looking for a Registered Nurse to join our team. The Registered Nurse must be willing to work at Moffitt Wesley Chapel and Moffitt International Plaza until SouthShore opens On January 27, 2025.

Our Radiation Oncology Department consists of:

Radiation oncologists, who are responsible for designing a patient’s radiation therapy plan and coordinating the details with other department members. Radiation therapists, who are trained to operate the advanced treatment machines used to generate radioactive beams. Dosimetrists, who are responsible for programming the equipment that delivers precise doses of radiation to the targeted areas while minimizing exposure for healthy tissues; they are also responsible for running computer simulations before a patient’s plan is implemented. Physicists, who help commission new equipment, run quality control tests and otherwise ensure that patients receive their prescribed doses and dose distributions. Nursing specialists, nutritionists, counselors and other support staff, who make sure all of a patient’s needs are fully met throughout the course of treatment.

Moffitt’s Radiation Oncology Program is accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR). To obtain this accreditation, we completed a rigorous review process that ensured proper training and certification for our staff members, making them exceptionally qualified to perform and administer radiation treatments. Additionally, our radiation therapy equipment was found to meet or exceed the quality assurance and safety guidelines established by the ACR.

Using our Trilogy, Truebeam, Tomotherapy, Novalis, Oncor and Clinac machines, our team is able to offer a full spectrum of radiation oncology treatments, including external radiotherapy, internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy), radiopharmaceuticals and INTRABEAM® breast cancer radiation treatment. These therapies are all available at our main campus, as well as at Moffitt at International Plaza, Moffitt Wesley Chapel and coming soon at our Moffitt SouthShore location.

 

Position Highlights:

The Registered Nurse for the Radiation Oncology Clinic provides care at any of our Tampa Bay locations:

Moffitt at International Plaza McKinley Outpatient Service Center, near Busch Gardens Moffitt Cancer Center at the University of South Florida campus Moffitt Wesley Chapel Moffitt SouthShore

The Registered Nurse delivers individualized quality nursing care to cancer patients and families in accordance with established hospital guidelines, nursing professional practice model, nursing care standards and policies and in accordance with ANA code of ethics and external regulatory agencies.

Registered Nurses embody the vision, mission, and philosophy of Moffitt Nursing and are committed to and accountable for personalized patient and family centered care and the concepts of Duffy's quality caring model/caring factors. These frameworks of care include: collaboration and mutual problem solving, dignity and human respect, encouraging manner, attentive reassurance, appreciation of unique meaning, healing environment, basic human needs, information sharing, caring for self, and affiliation needs.

Registered Nurses use the nursing process to effectively plan and manage quality patient care. Biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational and discharge planning needs are addressed in all steps of the nursing process. This is demonstrated in base-line and comparative documentation, entered in a timely manner, and with evidence of age-appropriate consideration when care is planned, delivered, and evaluated.

 

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have the following: Oncology and/or Radiation Oncology experience as a registered nurse. Outpatient clinic experience as a registered nurse.

 

Responsibilities:

Uses the nursing process to assess, plan, and evaluate the care of cancer patients and families. Integrates patient and family centered care and the quality caring factors into practice. Identifies, documents, and provides patient education based on learning needs of the patient. Participates in Evidence based improvement activities related to area of practice. Participates in professional development based on the nursing professionals standards, regulatory requirements, and job expectations.

 

Credentials and Qualifications:

BSN from an ACEN or CCNE accredited institution with at least one year of relevant experience or ASN from an ACEN or CCNE accredited institution with 1 year of relevant experience FL RN License BLS Certification