St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The institution integrates clinical practice with a research-oriented approach, offering nursing professionals the opportunity to engage in evidence-based critical care for children with complex oncologic and hematologic conditions. The hospital's Intensive Care Unit is an 8-bed unit providing critical support to patients requiring advanced interventions. Nursing at St. Jude involves caring for high-acuity pediatric patients in a highly specialized environment. The ICU operates with 1:1 nursing care and is supported by a dedicated team of Intensivists and Advanced Practice Providers available around the clock. Nurses are trained to manage patients requiring ventilation, renal replacement therapy, and hemodynamic support. The described ICU position is full-time, consisting of 36 hours per week worked in 12-hour shifts, allowing nurses to blend critical thinking with a research approach to serious pediatric illnesses.

The job description emphasizes a commitment to blending critical thinking with a research approach to pediatric hematology/oncology illnesses, suggesting a mission centered on advancing pediatric critical care through research-integrated clinical practice. No formal mission statement or values document was provided in the source materials.