Clinical Nurse Specialist - Pediatric Oncology; MCCRP

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HJF is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in support of the Uniformed Services University, Department of Surgery’s Murtha Cancer Center Research Program (MCCRP). This position will directly support the pediatric oncology clinic at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

The John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed Bethesda is a modern, patient‑centric, tri‑service military healthcare facility. Its comprehensive core of military and civilian oncologists and other cancer‑trained clinicians and researchers provide multidisciplinary cancer‑care delivery and patient‑family support services. Our Cancer Center, the only DoW Cancer Center of Excellence within the Military Health System, offers its patients access to cutting‑edge cancer diagnostic and treatment technologies.

MCCRP’s mission is to improve the diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment of DoW cancer patients through innovative translational research, evidence‑based translational care, and education. Through coordination and alignment with tri‑service cancer research initiatives throughout the Military Health System, the MCCRP enhances the readiness of the military, its families, and beneficiaries.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners.

HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

• Incumbent applies a wide range of professional nursing theories, principles, and procedures in providing care to hematology and/or oncology patients Plans, provides, oversees, administers, and documents professional patient care, in accordance with nursing standards of practice and established policies/procedures.
• Utilizes the comprehensive nursing process to participate and provide input into patient treatment plans for hematology and/or oncology patients.
• Identifies, documents, and implements nursing care, appropriate to patient care problems. Obtains patient history and completes a full nursing assessment. Identifies and documents the effectiveness of care and treatments provided; participates in revisions to the treatment plan, as needed.
• Operates and monitors specialized, medical/surgical equipment, observing and assessing patient condition and safety hazards, while ensuring immediate action to resolve/correct.
• Serves as a multidisciplinary, hematology/oncology team member in providing comprehensive nursing care to hematology/oncology patients in the ambulatory setting. Reviews LIP orders, administer medications, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and blood products, as well as managing the related side effects to the treatments and the disease process.
• Monitors, and documents patients' responses to treatments, within guidelines of nursing practices and medical treatment facility (MTF) policies.
• Observes, interprets, and reports changes in patients’ condition, medical data, and/or diagnostic test results, taking necessary corrective actions, or reporting to a physician or supervising nurse. Aids in the identification and intervention of variable needs of hematology/oncology patients and their families; including, but not limited to, physical and psychosocial comfort and support, safety, nutrition‑social, spiritual needs, and multi‑cultural diversity.
• Provides education, support, and counseling regarding oncology diseases and side effects of chemotherapeutic agents. Acts as a liaison between patients, their families, and other healthcare professionals. Provides professional telephone triage and medical advice to hematology/ oncology patients and their caregivers. Acts as facilitator to mediate complaints and concerns of patients, family members, and…