Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Immediate Cancer Clinic
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Immediate Cancer Clinic
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Job Description
Mayo Clinic has an exciting opportunity for an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant to join the Hematology/Oncology team. This positions primary role will be in the Immediate Cancer Clinic (our active treatment symptom management clinic) with potential on occasion to rotate to the inpatient Hematology/Oncology consult service.
The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or the Physician Assistant has advanced health assessment and decisionmaking skills prepared through a formal educational program that meets criteria established by the profession. This individual combines care with aspects of medical care focusing on the patient as a whole person. The provision of care includes but is not limited to: comprehensive assessment ordering conducting and interpreting diagnostic tests prescription of pharmacological agents and treatments and nonpharmacological therapies. Teaching and counseling individuals families and groups are an important part of the Advanced Practitioners role. This individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span. The ability to assess data reflective of the patients status and appropriately interpret information relative to the patients agespecific needs is required. The Advanced Practice Provider demonstrates leadership through involvement on committees and team projects education and research and actively seeks to improve the practice of nursing through performance improvement initiatives.
In addition to meeting the above requirements the Acute Care NP or Physician Assistant must meet two to four of the following:
- Spend at least 50 of days based at the hospital (rounds service or shift work)
- Perform specialized procedure(s)
- Provides evals and consults with indirect supervision at least 50 of days worked
- Provide Weekend/Holiday Service.
During the selection process you may participate in an OnDemand (prerecorded) interview that you can complete at your convenience. During the OnDemand interview a question will appear on your screen and you will have time to consider each question before responding. You will have the opportunity to rerecord your answer to each question Mayo Clinic will only see the final recording. The complete interview will be reviewed by a Mayo Clinic staff member and you will be notified of next steps.
Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years of experience in Medical Oncology.
Acute Care OR Dual Family/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Mastersprepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Nurse Practitioner program. Current AZ RN and APRN license and certification as a ACNP or Dual FNP/ACNP.
Physician Assistant:Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program with current PA certification by NCCPA and registration as a PA by the State AZ State Board of Medical Practice.
Additional Qualifications:
Active BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross at start date and DEA registration required.
ACLS certification can be obtained in first 6 months after hire.
Employment Type
Full-Time
