Infusion Clinical Nurse - Young Adult - Days

Join MD Anderson as an Infusion Clinical Nurse and make a meaningful impact while caring for pediatric and Young Adult patients at one of the world’s leading cancer centers. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to provide specialized infusion care, including the administration and monitoring of chemotherapy, biotherapy, immunotherapy, and blood products, while building meaningful relationships with patients and families.

What’s in it for you? You’ll receive comprehensive training to support your transition into pediatric infusion care and ultimately a primarily Young Adult patient population, along with opportunities to grow your clinical expertise and advance your nursing practice. You’ll work alongside an experienced, multidisciplinary team in an environment that values collaboration, professional development, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement.

At MD Anderson, you’ll also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, an annual merit increase program, annual incentive opportunities, an employer-funded pension contribution, medical/dental/vision coverage, generous paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you’re an experienced RN looking to expand your oncology expertise while making a lasting difference in the lives of young patients, this is an opportunity to grow your career at MD Anderson.

The hours are 4 10 hours shifts Monday - Friday 8am - 6:30pm, rotating day off during the week. The ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of recent oncology experience 

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

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.

1. Participates in daily unit operations to achieve and maintain the financial goals by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.
   • Provides quality and fiscally responsible patient care.
   • Proactively anticipates patient and family needs in collaboration with the Charge Nurse, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Nurse Manager.
   • Utilizes available material resources responsibly for direct patient care.
2. Practices autonomously within the scope of professional nursing practice.
3. Participates in change initiatives.
   • Demonstrates loyalty and commitment to the unit’s inter-professional team.
   • Incorporates the process of change in daily practice.
4. Fosters peer relationships and participates in coaching and mentoring.
5. Supports an environment that values and respects staff and patients.

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.

New Knowledge

• Applies new and existing evidence in patient care standards, incorporating new knowledge, innovations, and improvements in clinical practice and the patient care delivery system.
• Complies with regulatory standards.
• Fosters an environment that challenges the status quo, embraces and promotes change.

Innovation

• Practices within the established patient care delivery system, consistent with the Professional Practice Model.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the application of technology in providing care to patients and families.

Improvement

• Participates in assessing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of safe and effective patient and family care utilizing evidence-based and empirical outcome measurements.

The Clinical Nurse engages in problem solving in order to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.

1. Provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse, and Clinical Nurse Leader through the evaluation of performance of clerical and clinical staff.
   • Supervision: Fosters an environment conducive to Just Culture by holding self and staff members accountable.
   • Evaluation: Participates in the evaluation of staff members’ clinical performance through contributions to the annual evaluation and professional development processes.
   • Productivity: Maximizes performance within the scope of practice to accomplish unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.
   • Practice, builds strong relationships and develops partnerships to improve patient and family outcomes on the unit.

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.

1. Practices evidence-based, quality clinical nursing consistent with current nursing research, the Professional Practice Model, the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Texas, institutional and national practice standards.
2. Adheres to the use of unit’s standard operating procedures.
3. Delivers care using a systematic approach to achieve measurable, outcome focused, patient care; identifies, implements, and evaluates opportunities for improvement.
4. Communicates and collaborates effectively with leaders, departments, other disciplines, staff members, patients, and families.
5. Integrates ethical principles into clinical practice.
6. Maintains and integrates knowledge of current clinical practice and technological proficiency; provides clinically competent, compassionate, direct patient care consistent with the Professional Practice Model.
7. Seeks opportunities to broaden knowledge relevant to the Clinical Nurse role and healthcare through engagement in professional organizations and commitment to life-long learning.

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.

1. Assists unit leadership in measuring and monitoring unit outcomes data.
2. Participates in action plans that improve and sustain outcomes on the unit by hardwiring practices.
3. Completes shift specific activities that impact patient and family outcomes.
4. Participates in performance improvement projects as guided by leadership team.
5. Participates in the implementation of institutional best practices with staff.

Other Duties

1. Other duties as assigned.