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ST. LUKE’S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT CANCER CENTER SEEKS FULL-TIME NURSE PRACTITIONER – LAKE JACKSON, TX
St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Cancer Center is a full service, multidisciplinary cancer center providing high-quality radiation and chemotherapy services for the citizens of Brazoria, Matagorda, and surrounding counties. The Cancer Center offers preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies and is equipped with leading-edge radiation technology, an infusion suite, a private lab for quick results, and compassionate physicians to help you fight the battle of cancer.
The cancer center is seeking to add a Nurse Practitioner to the team to better serve the needs of the surrounding communities. The ideal candidate will have prior background in Hematology/Oncology as well as outpatient clinic experience & excel at developing patient-provider relationships. The position will function in a clinic setting under the supervision of an on-site full-time physician to provide advanced nursing care to patients.
Job Duties Include:
- Obtain detailed history and perform physical examinations.
- Perform, order, and interpret diagnostic procedures in accordance with relevant health concerns of the patient.
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.
- Maintain records and write orders and progress notes in patient charts as to status, treatments, and procedures.
- Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records.
- Provide follow-up health maintenance care to patients in accordance with protocols established with the supervising physician.
- Communicate with physicians, patients, and the family members of patients concerning patient care.
- Serves as a clinical expert to the interdisciplinary team.
- Incorporates and disseminates research findings and evidence based practice into treatment plans, protocols, and guidelines.
- Collaborates with providers, and practice staff in identifying appropriate patients for care management.
- Perform other job related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education Required: Master’s degree in in Nursing.
- Experience Required: Oncology
- Experience Preferred: Hematology/Oncology, outpatient
- Certification/Licenses/Registration: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP), and specialty certification as required by department. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Work independently with minimal supervision
- Effective communication skills
- Able to facilitate change
WHO WE ARE
We are part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit Health is committed to creating healthier communities, delivering exceptional patient care, and ensuring every person has access to quality health care. With its national office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more at www.commonspirit.org
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