Registered Nurse RN Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy

About the role

At Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, patients experience customized, comprehensive and compassionate cancer care. We travel through the cancer journey with patients, supporting their unique medical and personal needs every step of the way. We believe patient care is most effective when it’s truly collaborative. Our evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach brings together physicians from all cancer specialties to provide highly coordinated and compassionate care.

As a Registered Nurse in Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy, you'll utilize your specialized knowledge and assess, plan, implement, evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients, along with documenting nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies for our medical oncology clinic.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members and diagnostics and laboratory data; reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team; reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
• Delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record in a legible, timely manner that reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient’s response to treatment.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.

Specialized Training

In addition to basic requirements, this position will be trained and competencies documented on managing care of stem cell transplant/cellular therapy patients, including but not limited to:

• Overview of stem cell transplant and cellular therapy processes/procedures.
• Recognition of common transplant and cellular therapy complications.
• Common preparative regimens and high-dosage therapy administration; management of fevers, prophylactic antibiotics, antiviral and antifungal prophylaxis.
• GVHD prophylactic and/or treatment regimens, and administration guidelines for medication and blood components.
• Administration of Cellular Therapy products.
• Care interventions to manage cellular therapy complications, including cytokine release syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, cardiac dysfunction, respiratory distress, neurologic toxicity, renal and hepatic failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Requirements

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Relates throughout the interview process the experience, training and education needed to perform the job.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.
• Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy nursing preferred.

Schedule

• Monday – Friday, four 10-hour shifts from 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM.
• One weekend shift every 4 weeks.
• Rotating 2 holidays per year.