Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP) - Full-Time (Oncology Experience Preferred)

About the Role

Phelps Memorial Health Center is seeking a compassionate and skilled Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner) to join our Oncology team. Previous oncology experience is preferred; however, candidates with relevant advanced practice experience and a strong desire to specialize in oncology are encouraged to apply.

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is responsible for providing medical and/or emergency services including assessing and managing patients in the hospital, outpatient, and/or clinic settings following established standards and best practices. The APRN will practice within his/her scope and privileges as stated in the APRNs credentialing file.

Responsibilities

• Takes complete, detailed and accurate patient history.
• Reviews patient records to develop comprehensive medical status reports and order diagnostic testing appropriate for complaint, age, race, sex, and physical condition of the patient.
• Performs complete physical examinations and records pertinent data in the patients medical record.
• Makes medical diagnoses and institutes therapy or referrals to healthcare facilities and other resources.
• Arranges hospital admissions and discharges, performs hospital rounds, and records appropriate patient progress notes.
• Compiles detailed narrative and case summaries, completes forms pertinent to patients medical records, issues diagnostic orders with timely signatures in accordance with clinic and hospital guidelines and payer requirements.
• Interprets and evaluates patient data to determine patient management and treatment.
• Provides patient teaching instructions and guidance regarding follow-up medical care.
• Performs or assists in routine laboratory medical techniques and routine therapeutic procedures and some surgical procedures.
• Maintains records of appropriate signatures for clinical oversight.
• Participates in organizational teams and committees for process improvement.
• Provides medical care to all patients in which care is assumed within APRNs scope of practice and privileges as outlined in the APRNs credentialing and privileges file.
• For APRNs assigned to the Emergency Department:
  • Assesses and manages patients presenting to the emergency department during his/her shift and communicates with the on-call physician for the Emergency Department as necessary.
  • Consults with on-call physician as outlined in Mid-Level Provider (PA-C/Nurse Practitioner) Management of Emergency Situations.
  • Responds to Rapid Response and Code Team activations as available.
  • Supervises cardiac stress testing.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, and walk.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance, and taste or smell.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally works with explosive, toxic, or caustic chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Level of risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens is Classification (I), as outlined in the Hepatitis B Vaccine Program Policy.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited university.

Certifications & Licenses

• Current Registered Nurse license and Advanced Practice license from the State of Nebraska.
• National certification as Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Certification (if assignment includes Rural Health Clinic, Specialty Clinic, or Emergency department coverage).
• Current BLS certification.
• Current ACLS certification (if assignment includes Specialty Clinic, Cardiology, or Emergency department coverage).
• Current PALS certification (if assignment includes Emergency department coverage).
• Current NRP certification (if assignment includes Emergency department coverage).
• Current ATLS certification (if assignment includes Emergency department coverage).