Advanced Practice Provider (APP) - Inpatient Oncology

Brief Overview

CHOP is hiring for an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to work on their Inpatient Oncology team at Main Hospital. The ideal candidate will have:

• At least 1 year of experience practicing as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
• Collaboration with an attending physician
• Responsibility for the direct care and follow-up of a population of patients
• Delivered in defined inpatient and hospital-outpatient areas
• Components of the role include clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and research
• The appropriate education/certification will be determined by the scope of the role in a particular practice area
• The clinical portion of this role will require increased level of accountability including managing a cohort of high acuity patients
• The role will also include off-shift responsibility

What You Will Do

Affords assessments of the complex acute, critical and chronically ill patient for urgent and emergent conditions.

Uses relevant data to evaluate for physiologic instability.

Utilizes the data to formulate a plan of care.

Manages the plan of care through evaluation, modification and documentation according to the patient's response to therapy.

Manages changes in condition with a focus on optimizing the patient outcomes.

Incorporates health promotion, health protection and injury prevention measures into the plan of care within the context of the complex acute, critical and chronic illness.

Serves as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing staff, and provider team.

Acts as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members.

Participates in scholarly activities including research and education.

Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings.

Participates in the professional development of others.

Acts as a preceptor and mentor to support the development of nurses, nurse practitioners, students, and other health care providers.

Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practice to enhance safety.

Shares errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms.

Demonstrates shared accountability for safe practice.

Education & Skills & Abilities

• Master's Degree Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree - Physician Assistant Required
• Ability to work in an inter-professional team setting with multiple responsibilities
• Ability to use computer and electronic medical records effectively
• Computer Competency
• Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports)
• Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and Skype)
• Web browsing, intranet search, document access
• Basic use of patient facing technology (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors)
• Navigate and use of clinical communication systems
• Information Literacy
• Determines the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it
• Evaluates information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice
• Evaluates outcomes of the use of information
• Information Management Literacy
• Navigation of the electronic health record system
• Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems
• Effectively uses clinical decision support tools
• Understands policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems
• Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Prescriptive Authority (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - within 3 months - Required
• Prescriptive Authority (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - within 3 months - Required
• Specialty Certification - in area of education/subspecialty. Required certification must match scope of practice for that practice area - upon hire - Required