Advanced Practice Provider, Infusion

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the Yale New Haven Health System Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

What Makes This Opportunity Unique?

Smilow serves as the clinical facility for the esteemed Yale Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, the only NCI-designated site in Connecticut. The Smilow enterprise includes the Cancer Hospital in New Haven and 16 ambulatory locations across the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Smilow Cancer Hospital treats more patients than any other hospital in Connecticut and is QOPI accredited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Smilow Cancer Hospital is on the cutting edge of personalized medicine, offering a comprehensive approach to patient care with the latest scientific advances in treatment and clinical trials.

Institutional Member of Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology & Oncology (APSHO)

Institutional Member of Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology & Oncology (APSHO)

Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?

• Excellent work environment – Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance.
• Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education.
• We reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.
• Career Advancement – Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system!
• Compensation Package – Enjoy an enhanced compensation package, including a .
• If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a real difference, we want you on our team.
• Relocation Assistance – We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
• Benefits- Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.
• Employment Perks- Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient and family needs throughout the disease process as an integral member of an interdisciplinary team.

• Provides optimal patient care in inpatient, ambulatory, and outpatient settings, from diagnostic through prognostic management.

• Works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law, hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols, and clinical pathways, and may provide autonomous, team-based care as appropriate.

• Performs procedures and prescribes treatments and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines and within specialty scope and professional competency standards.

• Functions as a first or second assistant on operative cases, when within position scope and educational and credentialing requirements are met, utilizing fine motor skills and manual dexterity.

• Responds to emergency situations within YNHHS parameters.

• Edits patient education materials and provides patient education and psychosocial support.

• Ensures appropriate documentation in accordance with hospital and regulatory requirements and protects patient information in all forms, including electronic, paper, film, voice, or other media, from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or disclosure.

• Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.

• Ensures compliance with patient-related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards, and recommendations.

• Maintains all employee requirements as determined by hospital policy.

• Serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service-specific orientation related to clinical education.

• Consistently demonstrates high-reliability organizational behaviors, including reporting safety events and near misses.

• Maintains all employee requirements as determined by hospital policy.

• Serves as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other healthcare professionals and may mentor pre-PA/NP candidates.

• Collaborates on research, quality assurance, and performance improvement initiatives and assists in the development of protocols that support clinical practice and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.

• Clinical working experience as an NP/PA in the specialty/service line is preferred but not required.

• APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs must be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS hospital and go through the Medical Staff credentialing process.

• Evidence of current competence to practice as an APRN, PA, CRNA, or CNM must be provided. This includes obtaining appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners during the Medical Staff appointment process.

• Licensure:

  • National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification for PAs.
  • Connecticut State Physician Assistant License for PAs.
  • Connecticut State Registered Nurse License for RNs.
  • Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile, for PAs, RNs, CRNAs, and CNMs.
  • ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile.
  • DEA License, when indicated for position profile.