Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinic
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Clinical Nurse, Outpatient - Cancer Prevention

The primary purpose of the Outpatient Clinical Nurse position is to coordinate and implement patient care across the continuum of care. The Outpatient Clinical Nurse is accountable and responsible for providing quality, evidence-based patient care through the appropriate use of resources in collaboration with the inter-professional team. Acts as a patient and family advocate to uphold patient rights. Organizes and prioritizes work of patient care team; trains, coaches and assists team members to ensure optimum patient care and efficient use of resources. KEY FUNCTIONS 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. 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. Participates in change initiatives. Fosters peer relationships and participates in coaching and mentoring. 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. 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. 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. Participates in assessing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of safe and effective patient and family care utilizing evidence-based and empirical outcome measurements. Structural Empowerment: The Clinical Nurse engages in problem solving in order to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes. Provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse, and Clinical Nurse Leader through the evaluation of performance of clerical and clinical staff. Fosters an environment conducive to Just Culture by holding self and staff members accountable. Participates in the evaluation of staff members' clinical performance through contributions to the annual evaluation and professional development processes. Strengthens practice, builds strong relationships and develops partnerships to improve patient and family outcomes on the unit. 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. 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. Delivers care using a systematic approach to achieve measurable, outcome focused, patient care; identifies, implements, and evaluates opportunities for improvement. Communicates and collaborates effectively with leaders, departments, other disciplines, staff members, patients, and families. Maintains and integrates knowledge of current clinical practice and technological proficiency; provides clinically competent, compassionate, direct patient care consistent with the Professional Practice Model. 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. Center Specific Knowledge: Demonstrates application of knowledge and skills necessary to carry out patient care in the Cancer Prevention Center. Coordination of care with other services involved in the patient's care and treatment. Identification of the elements in a practice algorithms for each of the Survivorship disease types in Cancer Prevention Center. Articulate screening recommendations and cancer risks for men and women. Educate patients regarding lifestyle modification, health risks, and outcomes of cancer therapy. Other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Required: Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing. Preferred Bachelor of Science in Nursing. EXPERIENCE Preferred: At least 2 years of RN experience. Prior Ambulatory, or Oncology, experience a plus. LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION Required: Current State of Texas professional nursing license (RN). Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. Preferred: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification as required by patient care area. 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 Additional Information * Requisition ID: 171667 * Employment Status: Full-Time * Employee Status: Regular * Work Week: Days * Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 68,000 * Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 104,000 * Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 140,000 * FLSA: exempt and eligible for overtime, paid at a time and a half rate * Fund Type: Hard * Work Location: Onsite * Pivotal Position: Yes * Referral Bonus Available?: Yes * Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes * Science Jobs: No