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Treating over 330,000 patients every year, the University of Maryland Medical Center is at the vital core of Maryland’s health care system and community. We’re known for our prestigious expertise in innovative research and education, along with the talented staff and advanced centers that make it all possible. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the world’s first center dedicated to trauma, treats more than 7,500 critically injured patients a year with an incredible 97 percent survival rate. We also have one of the nation’s largest kidney and pancreas transplant programs at The Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Division of Transplantation, home to Maryland’s first steroid-free protocol and pancreas/kidney transplant. From our National Cancer Institute-designated UM Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center to The University of Maryland’s Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric centers in the state, we are dedicated to saving and transforming lives.

Registered Nurse (RN) - Bone Marrow Transplant Oncology
Supplemental Per Diem - 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 an new graduate 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 considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience. Provides and coordinates independent care to patients within a clinical specialty as a fully effective and participative member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team.

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 to 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

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland, or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing, is required.; BSN preferred.  Up-to-date status on all mandatory training and classes.
• One year nursing experience. Solid knowledge and clinical skills.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Maintenance of 10 contact hours of education every two years.
• Member of a professional organization.
• Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.