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