Experienced Clinical Nurse - Critical Care - Evening/Nights

About the role

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at MD Anderson provides patient focused care through a multidisciplinary team approach. Quality and patient outcomes are at the heart of our practice. The ICU team participates in Evidence Based Practice, unit and hospital-based committees, and local and national conferences.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the management and provision of patient care in assigned area.
• Affirms patient needs for nursing care and multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborates with physicians, other services, patient and patient’s family to plan care and evaluate outcomes.
• Improves practice by integrating results and theories of research studies.
• Participates in data collection for current studies.
• Demonstrates clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Documents care according to established standards.
• Accesses, inputs and retrieves information from computer systems.
• Assures continuity of care through appropriate discharge planning, patient education and coordination of services.
• Acts as a patient and family advocate in order to uphold patient rights.
• Trains, coaches and assists team members to ensure optimum patient care and efficient use of resources.

Requirements

• Education: Required: Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing. Preferred: Bachelor's of Science in Nursing.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of recent RN experience. Preferred Experience: At least two years of Critical Care experience.
• Licensure/Certification: Required: Current State of Texas Professional Nursing license (RN). Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. Must have 12 months of recent acute care RN experience.

Qualifications

• None specified

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• Fully covered medical premiums.
• Teacher's Retirement Services (TRS) contribution.
• Generous Paid-Time-Off.
• Certification pay.
• Up to $8,320 in annual unit-based differentials for all inpatient units.
• Shift differential pay for Evening/Night nurses.
• Up to $10,000 in relocation assistance for nurses relocating from 100+ miles from MD Anderson.

Pay

• Minimum: US Dollar (USD) 68,000
• Midpoint: US Dollar (USD) 105,000
• Maximum: US Dollar (USD) 142,000

Schedule

• Shift: 7 pm - 7 am and 26 out of 52 weekends per year