Clinical Nurse, Outpatient

3 weeks ago


Houston, United States MD Anderson Cancer Center Full time

The primary purpose of the Outpatient Clinical Nurse position is to coordinate and implement patient care across the continuum of care. The Outpatient Clinical Nurse is accountable and responsible for providing quality, evidence-based patient care through the appropriate use of resources in collaboration with the inter-professional team. Acts as a patient and family advocate to uphold patient rights. Organizes and prioritizes work of patient care team; trains, coaches and assists team members to ensure optimum patient care and efficient use of resources.

**JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES**

Transformational Leadership:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for the provision of care to patients and families consistent with the unit's values, beliefs, and behaviors to meet the demands of the future.

Participates in daily unit operations to achieve and maintain the financial goals by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Provides quality and fiscally responsible patient care.

Proactively anticipates patient and family needs in collaboration with the Charge Nurse, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Nurse Manager.

Utilizes available material resources responsibly for direct patient care.

Practices autonomously within the scope of professional nursing practice.

Participates in change initiatives.

Demonstrates loyalty and commitment to the unit's inter-professional team.

Incorporates the process of change in daily practice.

Fosters peer relationships and participates in coaching and mentoring.

Supports an environment that values and respects the diversity of staff and patients - patient care competency.

New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvements:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible and accountable for providing exemplary nursing practice and has an ethical and professional responsibility to contribute to innovation, improvement, and new knowledge.

Applies new and existing evidence in patient care standards, incorporating new knowledge, innovations, and improvements in clinical practice and the patient care delivery system.

Complies with regulatory standards.

Fosters an environment that challenges the status quo, embraces and promotes change.

Practices within the established patient care delivery system, consistent with the Professional Practice Model.

Participates in assessing, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of safe and effective patient and family care utilizing evidence-based and empirical outcome measurements.

Structural Empowerment:
The Clinical Nurse engages in problem solving in order to meet unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.

Provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, Charge Nurse, and Clinical Nurse Leader through the evaluation of performance of clerical and clinical staff.

Fosters an environment conducive to Just Culture by holding self and staff members accountable.

Participates in the evaluation of staff members' clinical performance through contributions to the annual evaluation and professional development processes.

Maximizes performance within the scope of practice to accomplish unit goals and achieve desired outcomes.

Demonstrates effective communication, collaboration, conflict management, and resolution.

Contributes to an innovative environment where strong professional practice flourishes and positive patient and family outcomes are achieved.

Strengthens practice, builds strong relationships and develops partnerships to improve patient and family outcomes on the unit.

Exemplary Professional Practice and Empirical Outcomes:
The Clinical Nurse applies exceptional professional practice in relationship with patients, families, and the inter-professional team, and understands how new knowledge and evidence is applied.

Practices evidence-based, quality clinical nursing consistent with current nursing research, the Professional Practice Model, the Nurse Practice Act of the State of Texas, institutional and national practice standards.

Adheres to the use of unit's standard operating procedures.

Delivers care using a systematic approach to achieve measurable, outcome focused, patient care; identifies, implements, and evaluates opportunities for improvement.

Communicates and collaborates effectively with leaders, departments, other disciplines, staff members, patients, and families.

Integrates ethical principles into clinical practice.

Maintains and integrates knowledge of current clinical practice and technological proficiency; provides clinically competent, compassionate, direct patient care consistent with the Professional Practice Model.

Seeks opportunities to broaden knowledge relevant to the Clinical Nurse role and healthcare through engagement in professional organizations and commitment to life-long learning.

Empirical Outcomes:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for seeking out and maintaining knowledge regarding relevant empirical outcomes, including the impact of quality improvement initiatives and institutional best practices on the pati



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