Summary

The Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children's Cancer and Hematology Clinic in McAllen, TX is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse II to work in our outpatient clinic/infusion center.  The clinic was established in 2001 through a joint effort of the Vannie Cook Foundation, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children's Hospital in order to provide local pediatric hematology/oncology care to the under-served children of the Rio Grande Valley.  The successful candidate will function as pediatric hematology/oncology nurse providing direct patient care including chemotherapy administration, floor nursing, telephone triage and management, and other duties related to patient care.

Job Duties

• Performs and documents assessment of the pediatric hematology/oncology patient and family.
• Provides direct patient care including chemotherapy administration, floor nursing, and assisting with procedures.
• Performs patient care coordination including scheduling of appointments, scans, admissions, home health, etc. as needed to ensure complete patient care.
• Executes therapeutic physician or nurse interventions according to established standards of practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to care delivery.
• Identifies and documents changes in patient's condition and/or abnormal finding and uses appropriate problem solving and interventions.
• Identifies actual/potential barriers to learning and utilizes teaching strategies and materials appropriate to the learning ability of the patient/family.
• Ensures and participates in ongoing communication with other health care team members in order to provide timely performance of diagnostic examiniation and effective patient flow.
• Demonstrates appropriate delegation and prioritization skills related to patient care. 
• Performs and documents assessment of the pediatric hematology/oncology patient and family.
• Provides direct patient care including chemotherapy administration, floor nursing, and assisting with procedures.
• Performs patient care coordination including scheduling of appointments, scans, admissions, home health, etc. as needed to ensure complete patient care.
• Executes therapeutic physician or nurse interventions according to established standards of practice and appropriate policies and procedures related to care delivery
• Identifies and documents changes in patient's condition and/or abnormal finding and uses appropriate problem solving and interventions.
• Identifies actual/potential barriers to learning and utilizes teaching strategies and materials appropriate to the learning ability of the patient/family.
• Ensures and participates in ongoing communication with other health care team members in order to provide timely performance of diagnostic examination and effective patient flow.
• Demonstrates appropriate delegation and prioritization skills relate.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Two years of relevant experience as a licensed Registered Nurse (RN). 
• Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hematology-Oncology.