Infusion Center Nurse-Smith Clinic
Houston, Texas
- Eligibility
- RNEducation/Staff DevelopmentEmergency/TraumaMedical/Surgical
- Unit
- Infusion
Still listed, seen 4 days ago · Posted Feb 20, 2025
What the listing says
Role
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
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Pay
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About this role
The Infusion Center Nurse (ICN) is responsible for providing safe and competent infusion therapy including initiation and maintainance of intravenous lines and administration of medication and fluids. The ICN works with physicians and other healthcare team members to ensure the quality of care for the patient. The ICN integrates technical skills, scientific knowledge, and compassionate attitude to aid those living with chronic illness, including their families (starting from diagnosis, treatment, and then survivorship to end-of-life care).
Minimum
Qualifications
- Education/Licensure/Specialized Training:
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a.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing. BSN preferred. b. Licensure/
Certification
Licensed to practice professional nursing in Texas. Relevant specialty certification required within two years of employment.
- Work
Experience
Three (3) years of nursing experience in related specialty area.
- Equipment Operated: Office equipment related to job duties.
Special
Requirements
- Communication
Skills
Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact) Bilingual Skills Preferred Writing /Composing: Correspondence / Reports Others: Customer service focused/oriented, superior nursing process skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, pleasant telephone voice, ability to answer incoming calls and keep encounter patient/client-focused; uses excellent hearing and listening skills to receive detailed information; works well as a team member; effective with minimum supervision.
- Other
Skills
Analytical, Medical Terms, Mathematics, PC, Research
- Advanced
Education
Advance Training Specialty: Related specialty certification within two (2) years of employment Bachelor's Degree Major: Nursing/BSN preferred
- Work
Schedule
Weekends, Holidays, Flexible
- Other
Requirements
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret Harris Health system Software, clinical care guidelines, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Demonstrates proficiency in crisis intervention, teaching/coaching, disease management, and diagnostic/monitoring. Harris Health System's benefits program is designed to provide you with more flexibility and choices in meeting your specific needs.
Harris Health System's benefits program allows you to protect your income in case of illness, death and disability, and to help you save for retirement. It is the policy of Harris Health System to provide equal opportunity for all applicants for employment regardless of political affiliation, race, color, national origin, age, sex, religious creed or disability. Applicants may request any reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the application process.
Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology.
Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U. S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
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Requirements
- Education/Licensure/Specialized Training:
- Communication
- Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact)
- Bilingual Skills Preferred
- Writing /Composing: Correspondence / Reports
- Others: Customer service focused/oriented, superior nursing process skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, pleasant telephone voice, ability to answer incoming calls and keep encounter patient/client-focused; uses excellent hearing and listening skills to receive detailed information; works well as a team member; effective with minimum supervision.
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- Other
- Analytical, Medical Terms, Mathematics, PC, Research
- Advanced
- Advance Training Specialty: Related specialty certification within two (2) years of employment
- Bachelor's Degree Major: Nursing/BSN preferred
- Work
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret Harris Health system
- Software, clinical care guidelines, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Demonstrates proficiency in crisis intervention, teaching/coaching, disease management, and diagnostic/monitoring.
- Harris Health System's benefits program is designed to provide you with more flexibility and choices in meeting your specific needs. Harris Health System's benefits program allows you to protect your income in case of illness, death and disability, and to help you save for retirement.
- It is the policy of Harris Health System to provide equal opportunity for all applicants for employment regardless of political affiliation, race, color, national origin, age, sex, religious creed or disability. Applicants may request any reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the application process.
- Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U. S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
Benefits
- Income protection (illness, death and disability)
- Retirement savings
Place
- City
- Houston, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,361/mo
- Local household income
- $64,813/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Houston area index 98.6, where 100 is the national average.
Clock into the Texas Medical Center for world-class care, then head home to a metro where costs run about 1% below the national average and there's no state income tax. Two things locals insist you do: respect the brutal summer heat, and check neighborhood-level flooding and drainage before you sign a lease.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Harris Health is a healthcare employer located in Houston, Texas, operating under nursing service standards referenced as HCHD Nursing Service. The organization employs nurses at structured clinical levels, including the Nurse Clinician II (NCII) role, which represents a competent generalist…
On your path
Oncology is a specialty you move into. Chemo cards are the working credential; infusion hires in too.
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