Nurse Manager – Oncology, Acute Care

Nurse Manager – Oncology, Acute Care

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Oncology Nurse Manager to join our Acute Care team. This leadership role is essential in advancing safe, high‑quality, and compassionate cancer care while fostering a culture grounded in excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will bring strong Oncology clinical expertise, proven leadership capability, and a passion for supporting both patients and caregivers within a dynamic Oncology environment.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for the nursing practice and quality of care in an operating unit/department, ensuring superior clinical outcomes, while creating an environment of compassionate, patient-centred care of the highest quality.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Completes timely patient admission and ongoing assessments, plans and updates plan of care based on individual patient needs
• Provides direct care and evaluates outcomes, incorporating principles of family centered care
• Monitors and documents patients’ condition and effectiveness of care and interventions
• Assesses educational needs of patients and significant others considering cultural needs and other special concerns
• Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant as appropriate
• Validates and documents patient and family understand of teaching
• Administers prescribed medications in accordance with approved policies and protocols, utilizing barcode scanning
• Carries out prescribed treatments in accordance with approved policies, protocols and educational material procedures
• Promotes a culture of shared accountability throughout organization
• Ensure that nursing and clinical practice is in accordance with the mission and strategic plan
• Incorporates principles of Transformational and Serving Leadership
• Facilitates continuous readiness for local and international licensing and accreditation bodies surveys
• Supports caregiver engagement through application of Shared Governance principles
• Identifies opportunities to integrate Emirati Nationals into roles at CCAD
• Appreciates strengths of cultural diversity as contributors to the success of the organization
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships throughout and external to, CCAD
• Work with individuals of other professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values
• Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to maintaining health and treatment of disease
• Communicates with patients, families, visitors and vendors in a courteous, helpful manner, endeavoring to resolve issues at the unit/department level
• Communicates patient clinical information clearly and accurately, documenting pertinent information in medical record and ensuring complete documentation of patient care
• Engages patient and family in hand-off of clinical information and planning daily plan of care as appropriate
• Evaluates, develops and coordinates implementation and revision of core standards of care, policies and SOPs
• Assumes a leadership role for operating models, supply, equipment and process standardization
• Analyzes aggregate data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement
• Identifies risks and strategies for their mitigation
• Use the knowledge of one’s own role and the roles of other professions to appropriately assess and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served
• Demonstrates commitment to providing evidence based practice care by: adhering to protocols for the care of patient populations in which assigned, reporting needed changes in practice supported by evidence, and participating in evaluating patient outcomes utilizing evidence
• Delegates appropriate components of the nursing care plan to other members of the nursing team
• Maintains confidentiality regarding patient and family information by promoting professional interdisciplinary communication
• Respects Patient Rights and demonstrates behaviors of a Patients’ First Philosophy
• Incorporates the CCAD Professional Practice model and patient safety principles into clinical practice
• Reports errors and near-misses
• Responsible for completing charge capture education and in-service training for their Institute within CCAD. When charges are not captured automatically the nurse will complete within Epic in real time, Perioperative Services within 24 business hours
• Accountable for establishing, maintaining and evaluating one’s own lifelong learning needs
• Committed to the development of fellow caregivers, Emirati nationals, and one’s profession
• Participates in safety education programs and cause analysis as required
• Reports needed changes in practice supported by evidence
• Participating in research or quality improvement initiatives

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification is required
• Minimum three (3) year curriculum in Nursing from an accredited program is required
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Management or Healthcare Administration is preferred

Experience

• Minimum of six (6) years post-graduate Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting is required
• Minimum of two (2) years in a senior charge nurse position, or not less than three (3) years in a charge nurse position in acute care environment is required

Certifications

• Valid and current national license is required
• BLS is required from AHA or an equivalent organization, or must be obtained within 3 months of employment
• ACLS, PALS relevant to area of specialty is required, from AHA or an equivalent organization; or must obtain within 6 months of employment

Job Specific Skills and Abilities

• Positive written references, which must identify specific responsibilities as a clinical resource nurse, are required
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, critical thinking, coaching, counseling, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict resolution
• Ability to analyze, prioritize and problem solve
• Ability to positively represent the practice of professional nursing externally
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to interface effectively with divergent groups (i.e. patients, families, professional colleagues, physicians, etc.)
• Knowledge of medical terminology, office procedures, protocols, organization and filing systems and a variety of PC and/or word processing systems preferred
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Fluency in written and spoken English