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Clinical Nurse - ASC / Life Sciences Plaza - Post Anesthesia Care Unit
MD Anderson offers our nurses:
- Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium) starting on first day for employees who work 30 or more hours per week
- Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
- Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
- Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave and other paid leave programs
- Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
- Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two voluntary retirement plans
- Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced salary pay program
- Health Savings Account and Dependent Care Reimbursement flexible spending accounts
- Fertility benefits
- State of Texas longevity pay
- Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs and employee resource groups.
PLUS - nurses will earn up to $7,280 in annual unit-based differentials for all inpatient units.
Clinical Nurses relocating from 100+ miles from MD Anderson will also qualify for up to $10,000 in relocation assistance!
Shift: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Transformational Leadership and New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvement
Transformational Leadership:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for the provision of care to patients and families consistent with the unit’s values, beliefs, and behaviors to meet the demands of the future.
New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvements:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible and accountable for providing exemplary nursing practice and has an ethical and professional responsibility to contribute to innovation, improvement, and new knowledge.
Structural Empowerment
The Clinical Nurse engages in problem solving to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.
Exemplary Professional Practice and Empirical Outcomes
Exemplary Professional Practice: The Clinical Nurse applies exceptional professional practice in relationship with patients, families, and the inter-professional team, and understands how new knowledge and evidence is applied.
Empirical Outcomes
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for seeking out and maintaining knowledge regarding relevant empirical outcomes, including the impact of quality improvement initiatives and institutional best practices on the patient population, nursing workforce and institution, as reflected in unit and institutional metrics.
Other duties as assigned.
Education
Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing. No experience required.
Experience
All clinical nurses with less than one year registered nurse (RN) work experience will be required to participate in the Clinical Nurse Residency Program.
Certifications/Licensure
Current State of Texas Professional Nursing license (RN). Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification if working in the following department: Nrsg Post Anesthesia Care Unit (600160).
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
