Breast Medical Oncology Specialty APP Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant NPPA
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Job Location:
Fairfax, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
19 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Inova Schar Cancer Institute is looking for a dedicated Breast Medical Oncology Specialty Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Nurse Practitioner and/or Physician Assistant to join the team. This role will be full-time day shift from Full-time: Monday Friday with rotating weekend call. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.
Inova Schar Cancer Institute is a state-of-the-art cancer center in the Washington DC metro area designed to bring healing and hope to every patient. Inova Schar gives patients unmatched logistical clinical and emotional support. Our team of nationally renowned doctors specialists surgeons genetic counselors nurses and caregivers are backed by the latest in drug discovery clinical trials research and advanced treatments.
Together we are dedicated to delivering the best quality cancer care from diagnosis to survivorship.
The Breast Medical Oncology Advanced Practice Provider (APP) under general supervision and in accordance with established APP protocols performs comprehensive physical examinations and manages common complications in medical oncology patients. This role involves counseling and educating patients and their families monitoring progress from diagnosis through long-term follow-up and providing close management for those undergoing active treatment. The APP is responsible for the ongoing clinical management of patients during their visits working collaboratively with referring providers and the broader care team to ensure an optimal patient experience and the best possible outcomes.
Responsibilities include:
- Ensure patient information visit history refer outs lab follow-up phone calls and consults are carefully and completely documented in the electronic medical record.
- Conducts in-depth interviews with patients and/or family constructs comprehensive medical histories performs initial and periodic physical examinations and explores patients interpretation of health needs. Identifies and treats patients diseases.
- Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
- Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care medical problems psychological problems and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
- Writes orders to increase decrease or change medication
- Identifies and records pertinent progress of patients updating and summarizing charts changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patients condition.
- Educates/coaches fellow staff members including RNs and medical assistants
Minimum qualifications:
- Education:Masters in advanced clinical Practice or graduate of a post masters certificate program for nurse practitioners American Association of Colleges of Nursing of the National League for Nursing. For physician Assistants graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program and certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
- Experience:2 years Advanced Practice Oncology experience preferred but not required
- Certification:Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start
- Licensure: Licensed Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner; If Nurse Practitioner: RN Compact License(depending on State of primary residence) AND a license (or eligibility for) as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in the Commonwealth of Virginia AND a Practice Agreement signed by sponsoring/ supervising physician(s) AND a written Scope of Practice/Protocol signed by the supervising physician AND Drug Enforcement Administration License (if prescribing controlled substances)
- Payer Credentialing: Ability to successfully complete the credentialing process by third-party payors and Ability to enrolled as a CMS Medicare/Medicaid payor
- Medical Staff Credentialing: Successful completion of credentialing for Medical Staff membership and appropriate clinical privileges sufficient to perform all required services
Key Skills
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Basic Life Support
- ICU Experience
- Infusion Experience
- Triage
- TFS
- Conflict Management
- Nursing
- Critical Care Experience
- Epic
- Medication Administration
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