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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Throughout a patient's cancer care journey, they will be working with a broad team of individuals and the oncology nurse plays a critical part on that team. Knowing that the team you are interviewing to join includes physicians, mid-level providers, fellow nurses, chemo and radiation therapists, social workers, and other staff, it will be important for your interviewer to understand what preferred role you play in a larger team effort. Some characteristics you surely want to highlight as you answer this question are your ability to communicate openly and clearly, your penchant for collaboration in the clinic setting, and your ability to take the lead when necessary in the patient care setting. If you have an example of a time your teamwork skills benefited a workplace situation, don't hesitate to talk about that here.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"If given the opportunity to join this amazing team, you would be getting an oncology nurse who thrives on a true team effort in the clinical setting. Over the course of my career up to this point, the providers I have worked with have always appreciated my ability to take direction, give insight into care plans for patients, and always openly communicate things that are happening with patients. My fellow nurses have commended me for being willing to lend a helping hand when needed, being a listening ear for them, and my ability to step in and provide mentorship when needed. I also have a vast amount of experience collaborating with financial advisors for patients and with social workers in the clinical setting for patients who utilize their services. In the end, a patient's care involves a team of many people and I love the role that I play within that team."

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