Cancer Center RN
Houston, Texas
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Posted Oct 8
- Unit and setting
- Cancer Center · Hospital Cancer Center RN
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TXRegistered Nurse licence in Texas
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse licence in Texas Registered Nurse: TX Check your license
- Certification
- Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Bachelors of Science Nursing
- Experience
- One year of RN experience One (1) year of RN experience
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most Houston staff RN rolesHouston staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $45/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $37/hr, across 147 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Uses the nursing process for cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused care Utilizes the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven, and patient focused manner.
- Day to day
- Collects social, psychological, developmental and spiritual data Collects pertinent social, psychological, developmental and spiritual data from the patient, significant others and other health care team members.
- Day to day
- Performs ongoing assessment, nursing diagnoses, goals, interventions and outcome evaluation Performs as ongoing assessment, formulates nursing diagnosis and goals, plans appropriate interventions, and evaluates the outcome of the interventions.
- Day to day
- Documents in patient and unit records to health system standards Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements.
- Day to day
- Teaches patients and families on a listed set of topics
- Day to day
- Uses research-substantiated interventions and participates in research
- Details
- 1,045-bed hospital Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Oncology is a specialty you move into. Chemo cards are the working credential; infusion hires in too.
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Job Summary And Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Utilizes the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven, and patient focused manner. Collects pertinent social, psychological, developmental and spiritual data from the patient, significant others and other health care team members. Performs as ongoing assessment, formulates nursing diagnosis and goals, plans appropriate interventions, and evaluates the outcome of the interventions.
Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements. Provides appropriate teaching and information to patients and families including information on Pain Management, Nutrition, Skin Integrity, Fall prevention, Diabetes, Disease Process, Smoking Cessation, and Discharge instructions. Demonstrates commitment to the goals and values of the patient, Hospital, community and nursing profession through cost containment measures, maintaining confidentiality, appropriate ethical decision –making, and ensuring patient safety.
Uses interventions substantiated by research as appropriate in the patient population, Participates in research activities, identifies opportunities for research, and collaborates with the Outcomes managers and department.
Job Requirements
- Bachelors of Science Nursing
- One (1) year of RN experience
- Registered Nurse: TX
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Pay Range
$34.00 - $50.58 /hour
What's around it?
Houston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $1,361/mo
- Household income
- $64,813/yr, all local households, not nurse pay