Registered Nurse - Breast and Melanoma Surgical Oncology - RN

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Ambulatory Registered Nurse (RN) is an essential and highly valued part of our outpatient surgical care team. You’ll work alongside surgeons, residents, and NPs/PAs and other healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional care to patients in the Breast and Melanoma surgical practice. This role offers the possibility of some remote work, giving you added flexibility and helping you maintain a healthy work–life balance. As an RN in this practice, you’ll guide patients through both the preoperative and postoperative stages of their care journey. You’ll provide meaningful education, offer reassurance, and help patients understand their treatment plans. You’ll also collaborate with multiple specialties—including Breast Clinic, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Plastic Surgery—and support non–face-to-face triage through phone and portal messaging. Your work with the electronic health record and in‑basket system helps ensure smooth coordination, accurate order management, and efficient surgical scheduling. Your expertise, compassion, and presence make a real difference in the patient experience. This role proves to be fulfilling work, and is supported by a team that values communication, collaboration, and your overall well-being. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, critical thinking abilities, and a commitment to patient education are essential. The RN must be well-organized, able to multitask effectively, and thrive in an autonomous yet collaborative team environment. The registered nurse (RN) is accountable for the coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care. The RN supports professional nursing practice across practice settings and across the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. The RN will function within the Mayo Clinic Nursing Professional Practice Model, which includes accountability for planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients. The ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice provide a basis for the practice of the RN. The RN provides leadership through activities such as preceptor role, informal and formal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability and availability of resources. The RN possesses excellent communication skills; is skillful in mentoring and teaching; and may participate on committees or projects.

Requirements

Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Critical thinking abilities
Commitment to patient education
Well-organized
Able to multitask effectively
Thrive in an autonomous yet collaborative team environment

Responsibilities

Coordination of nursing care, including direct patient care, patient/family education and transitions of care.
Planning, implementing, evaluating and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients.
Delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability and availability of resources.
Provides leadership through activities such as preceptor role, informal and formal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.