Clinical Nurse, Outpatient - Pediatrics & Young Adults
Listed on 2026-09-30
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Nursing
Pediatric Nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Healthcare Nursing, Oncology Nurse
Join MD Anderson's Pediatrics
- Child & Adolescent Center as a Clinical Nurse, Outpatient and provide specialized care to pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients receiving treatment for hematologic and oncologic conditions. You'll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients and families while delivering expert, compassionate care in an outpatient environment at one of the world's leading cancer centers.
What's in it for you? This role provides the opportunity to develop specialized expertise in pediatric and AYA oncology, including the administration of chemotherapy, blood products, and immunotherapies. You'll practice autonomously while collaborating closely with physicians, nursing leaders, and the interprofessional team to anticipate patient and family needs, deliver evidence-based care, and achieve measurable patient outcomes.
You'll also be part of a team committed to innovation, professional growth, and continuous improvement. You'll have opportunities to participate in quality improvement initiatives, apply new evidence and best practices to patient care, mentor and support peers, and contribute to efforts that improve outcomes for patients and families. The Monday-Friday schedule with a rotating weekday off also provides a consistent outpatient workweek, with some weekend and holiday on-call responsibilities.
The primary purpose of the Clinical Nurse is to provide care to pediatric and AYA (adolescent and young adults) hematology/oncology patients. This will include administering chemotherapy, blood products and immunotherapies.
SHIFT:
Monday
- Friday, 7:30am - 6pm x 10 hrs. with a rotating day off during the week and some on-call for weekends and holidays.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree and two years of recent inpatient nursing experience, preferably in pediatrics or oncology.
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.
- 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
- Demonstrates loyalty and commitment to the unit's inter-professional team
- Incorporates the process of change in daily practice
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
- 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 measurement
The Clinical Nurse engages in problem solving in order to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.
- 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…
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