Radiation Oncology Nurse (RN/LPN)

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Provide clinical support to the physician(s) to ensure delivery of quality patient care.

Posted Sep 22

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center workplace

Unit and setting: Radiation Oncology · Clinic
License: RN or LPN license Active RN/LPN license in the state of LA required
Term: Permanent

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License: RN or LPN license Active RN/LPN license in the state of LA required Check your license
Certification: BLS CPR BLS CPR required

Preferred

Certification: ONS or OCN certification ONS/OCN highly preferred
Experience: nursing experience in a clinic 3 years of nursing experience in a clinic preferred
Experience: oncology or infusion nursing experience Oncology/Infusion nursing experience highly preferred

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Precepting: You would precept other nurses
Day to day: provide clinical support to physicians Provide clinical support to the physician(s) to ensure delivery of quality patient care.
Day to day: reinforce standardization of quality measures, best practices, and infection control processes
Day to day: oversight and training of nursing competencies, certifications, and licensure
Day to day: nursing service operations
Day to day: patient education
Day to day: infection control

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana's leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. Located in Baton Rouge, LA, the center is 100% focused on cancer care and operates through…

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Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.

Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.

Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description

SCOPE: Provide clinical support to the physician(s) to ensure delivery of quality patient care. The registered nurse/lpn, in collaboration with other clinical staff members, will reinforce the standardization of processes, implemented by the Lead Nurse/Practice Manager, throughout the organization with regards to quality measures, best practices and infection control. In addition, duties include training and personal oversight of all nursing competencies, certifications, and licenser required to provide high-quality/compassionate care to our patient population.

Functions

Nursing Service Operations
Patient education
Infection Control
Training newly assigned clinical personnel

Qualifications

Active RN/LPN license in the state of LA required

ONS/OCN highly preferred

BLS CPR required

3 years of nursing experience in a clinic preferred

Oncology/Infusion nursing experience highly preferred

What's around it?

In Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 9% below the US average

Median rent: $1,067/mo
Household income: $49,994/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Baton Rouge, LA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards. South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east. Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.

Nurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards.

South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east.

Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: magnoliakeyrealty.com

Getting aroundPlan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs. CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol. If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.

Plan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs.

CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol.

If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: magnoliakeyrealty.com Source 3: trulia.com Source 4: youtube.com

OutdoorsDowntown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes. The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.

Downtown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes.

The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: visitbatonrouge.com Source 3: explorelouisiana.com Source 4: unitedvanlines.com

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Living in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is Louisiana's capital and an LSU college town on the Mississippi—the Red Stick—where crawfish boils and Tiger Stadium Saturdays sit beside hospitals, the statehouse, and a downtown revival along the levee. Housing runs below many U.S. metros (median values often cited around $228,000-$275,000), city commutes average about 18-21 minutes, and CATS runs 29 bus lines, but this remains a driving city: I-10 and I-12 clog at rush hour, and anyone crossing the river is told to live on the same side as work. Close-in picks include Southdowns, the Garden District, Mid City, Capital Heights, and Old Goodwood; east and the suburbs (Jones Creek, Central, Zachary, Prairieville) trade walkability for yards, newer ranches, and stronger-rated schools. Budget beyond the mortgage—Louisiana homeowners insurance is among the nation's highest, flood coverage can add $150-$200 a month, and May-October heat indexes of 105-110F can send older-home electric bills to $500-$600. Citywide crime is reported well above average, though zip codes vary sharply. The draw is Juban's jazz brunch, Shaw Center arts, USS Kidd and the Capitol, and a welcoming, food-first culture.

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As of 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: trulia.com Source 3: magnoliakeyrealty.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: extraspace.com Source 7: unitedvanlines.com Source 8: dearyall.net Source 9: explorelouisiana.com

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