Infusion RN

About the Role

Texas Oncology is seeking an Infusion Registered Nurse (RN) to join their team at the Willowbrook-Houston, TX location. This is a full-time position, Monday - Friday (8:30 am - 5:00 pm), with no weekends, on-call duties, or major holidays.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, coordinate, and promote continuity of care according to established standards and practices.
• Assess patient/family needs and provide teaching and instructional materials.
• Prepare and administer therapies under the direction and supervision of a physician.
• Administer all medications/blood products, ensuring correct medication/blood product, dosage/amount, route, time, and technique.
• Ensure pre-authorization and appropriate consent forms are obtained before administering therapies, where applicable.
• Facilitate dose modification by assessing the patient, evaluating labs, consulting the protocol or treatment plan, calculating doses, and consulting with the physician regarding dosage modifications, problems, and symptom management.
• Perform venipuncture, access implanted ports, and maintain central line catheter devices.
• Maintain accurate documentation of assigned patient care and treatments.
• Apply knowledge of reimbursement procedures and charge capture.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• RN state license in the practicing state.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited program for professional nursing education; BSN preferred.
• Minimum 0-3 years of RN experience.
• Previous Oncology Infusion experience preferred.
• Willing to consider an entry, mid, or senior-level candidate.
• Knowledge of physiological, psychological, and developmental and age-specific differences in the patient population (late adolescence, adulthood, middle age, and the elderly).

Work environment may involve exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, and other conditions common to an oncology/hematology clinic.

Physical requirements include full range of body motion, handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, eye-hand coordination, standing and walking for extensive periods, occasional lifting/carrying up to 40 lbs, and corrected vision and hearing.