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: Provides clinical support to the Medical Oncologist; Functions as a point person/coordinator of services for oncologists and oncology patients. Promotes the smooth transition of patient care from entry into MBPCC system until completion of treatment and throughout follow-up process. Assists designated physician(s) in a variety of professional and paraprofessional patient care activities as specified and requested.

FUNCTIONS:

1.    Clinical support for Medical Oncologist
2.    Phone triage
3.    Specialized nursing care of oncology patients                                               
4.    Maintaints patients’ EMR
5.    Provides supervision for and delegations of duties to LPNs & Medical Assistants                                                                       
 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Active RN 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