Nurse Manager – Oncology, Acute Care

Job Description

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