Clinical Nurse, Outpatient - Endocrine Center

Clinical Nurse – Endocrine Center

MD Anderson's Endocrine Center is a comprehensive program focused on diagnosing and treating endocrine diseases. Our clinicians use advanced diagnostic tools to provide exceptional patient care.

• Shift: Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
• Salary range: $68,000 – $105,200 – $142,500
• Hourly: $32.69 – $50.58 – $68.51

• Work in a nationally recognized, highly specialized endocrine program.
• Grow your clinical expertise with advanced diagnostic technologies.
• Build a rewarding nursing career in an outpatient setting with opportunities to advocate for patients, contribute to evidence‑based practice, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

The primary purpose of the Outpatient Clinical Nurse position is to coordinate and implement patient care across the continuum of care. The 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.

Transformational Leadership

• Participates in daily unit operations to achieve and maintain financial goals.
• 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.
• Practices autonomously within the scope of professional nursing practice.
• Participates in change initiatives.
• Demonstrates loyalty and commitment to the unit’s inter‑professional team.
• Incorporates the process of change in daily practice.
• Fosters peer relationships and participates in coaching and mentoring.
• Supports an environment that values and respects the differences of staff and patients.

New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvements

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

Structural Empowerment

• Provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse, and Clinical Nurse Leader through evaluation of staff performance.
• Fosters a just culture by holding staff accountable.
• Participates in evaluation of staff clinical performance through annual evaluation and professional development processes.
• Maximizes performance within the scope of practice to achieve unit goals.
• Demonstrates effective communication, collaboration, conflict management, and resolution.
• Contributes to an innovative environment where strong professional practice flourishes.
• Builds strong relationships and develops partnerships to improve patient and family outcomes.

Exemplary Professional Practice and Empirical Outcomes

• Practices evidence‑based, quality clinical nursing consistent with professional research and standards.
• Delivers care using a systematic approach to achieve measurable, outcome‑focused patient care.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively with leaders, departments, other disciplines, and patients.
• Integrates ethical principles into clinical practice.
• Maintains knowledge of current clinical practice and technological proficiency.
• Seeks opportunities for life‑long learning through professional organization involvement.

Required: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Experience: None required; two years of clinical nurse experience in an oncology outpatient setting preferred.

• Required:
  
  Current State of Texas Professional Nursing license (RN);
  Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) if working in ASC Post Anesthesia;
  Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) if working…