APRN Oncology

Responsibilities

• Completes Quality Assurance chart reviews (25 charts for new grad, 10 charts for an established provider).
• Performs credentialed procedures in accordance with institutional and state guidelines.
• Evaluates signs and symptoms, including age-appropriate changes, and documents pertinent positives and negatives.
• Develops and refines differential diagnoses, identifies co-morbidities, and uses diagnostic strategies and technical skills to monitor and sustain physiological function.
• Participates in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care.
• Utilizes evidence-based practice, prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities, implements treatment and referral orders, and interprets and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic testing.
• Maintains quality of the healthcare practice through consultation, collaboration, continuing education, certification, and evaluation.
• Improves own practice and engages in interdisciplinary peer and colleague review.
• Adapts teaching and learning approaches based on physiological and psychological changes, age, developmental stage, cognitive status, readiness to learn, health literacy, the environment, and available resources.
• Identifies processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations.
• Participates professionally and collaboratively to advocate on behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process.
• Addresses the development and implementation of system policies affecting services.

Requirements

• APRN: Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required.
• PA: Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.