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Job description / Role
Director of Nursing (Inpatient Services - Cancer Care & Research Hospital)
Diagnostic and therapeutic services include:
- Radiology (CT Scan, CT Planning, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine)
- Radiation Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Physiotherapy
- Psychotherapy
- Laboratory (inpatients & outpatients)
- Pharmacy (inpatients & outpatients)
- Dietetic Services (inpatients & outpatients)
- Social Services (inpatients & outpatients)
Inpatient Services are provided through multidisciplinary teams, based on patient needs, at the following units:
- Medical Oncology (24 beds)
- Hematology (26 beds)
- Palliative Care (10 beds)
- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (5 beds to be opened end of 2014)
- Intensive Care Unit (4 beds to be opened end of 2014)
Responsibilities:
The Nursing Director will be responsible for all inpatient nursing care provided by 150 Nursing Staff in the National Cancer Care & Research Center. This covers the 26-bed Hematology Ward, 24-bed Oncology Ward, 10 bed Palliative Care Ward, 5-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and 4-bed Intensive Care Unit. The Nursing Director plans, develops, implements and evaluates processes to ensure NCCCR patients are seen in a timely manner that ensures the best possible outcomes. She/he collaborates with physicians and other healthcare managers to put these processes into place. The Nursing Director has experience in clinical leadership, team nursing and early stage of clinical quality improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Nursing + post graduate Diploma in Oncology Care
OR
- Bachelor Degree in Nursing + Master Degree in Nursing Management/ Master of Science in Nursing
- A minimum of 5 years of working experience in a Senior/Managing Nurse position in a Cancer Care Unit/ Facility
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary and multinational team
Our National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR)
The 70-bed NCCCR was opened in 2004 and specializes in the delivery of advanced treatment and care for people with cancer and blood disease. It provides both, inpatient and outpatient services. The hospital offers an extensive range of care services for Oncology/Hematology patients including diagnostics, care planning, treatment programs, evaluation and reevaluation.
All services are offered for patients 14 years old and above, while Radiation Oncology is offered for people of all ages, with close coordination with psychosocial, rehabilitation and palliative care support.
About the Company
Kenexa is in the business of improving companies and enriching lives because to us, business is personal. We improve companies by enriching lives and we enrich lives by improving companies.
With every person we recruit, every assessment we administer, every technology solution we deliver, every survey we conduct, every leader we develop and every compensation strategy we support, lives are impacted by our craft. Very few companies, if any, can claim thisand were proud of that.
We understand that business has two sidesthe performance side and the personal side. The performance side is about driving results. Success and failure are constantly measured, defining metrics. And because business relies on metrics, we rely on measurable outcomes that prove weve helped companies become better.