MGBCI Ambulatory Neuro Oncology NP

Patient Care

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a select patient population.
• Performs physical examinations and provides preventive health measures appropriate to patient needs.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic tests to assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
• Arranges for appropriate plan of care and follow-up based on outcome of diagnostic, lab, and physical assessment findings.
• Performs laboratory tests appropriate for specific patient population.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Records pertinent patient care findings in the medical record.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach to planning and communicating patient care information by discussing patient data with appropriate physicians and other health care professionals.
• Incorporates the concepts of health maintenance, prevention, and promotion into daily practice through patient education and counseling.
• Demonstrates awareness of community resources and assists staff, patients, and families to effectively utilize them.

Quality of Care

• Aids in the development, implementation, and revision of nurse practitioner guidelines and monitoring requirements for prescription writing in collaboration with their designated physician and Nursing Director or Executive Nursing Director.
• Evaluates outcomes of own patients’ care and makes necessary revisions in care plans.
• Sets priorities for appropriate and efficient management of patient care that reflects cost effective management of time, available human resources, supplies and equipment.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach for planning and communicating information for patient care and operation of practice.
• Maintains current knowledge of legislation that may affect the health care delivery system.
• Identifies and integrates patient population and/or disease state in programmatic goals and objectives.
• Participates in departmental and organization quality improvement program.
• Utilizes quality improvement data and research findings to enhance patient care.

Coordination

• Serves on Nursing and Hospital Committees and assumes responsibility for disseminating and communicating information to staff.
• Demonstrates appropriate collaborative and consultative relationships with other providers within the institution and community.

Budget

• Participates in setting productivity metrics and in cost-effective management of personnel, time, supplies, and equipment in their area.
• Collaborates with the Nursing Director/Practice Manager/Executive Nursing Director in the recommendation of appropriate staffing patterns for their clinical areas.

Personnel Management

• Participates in selection process of new employees in group or team practice as requested.
• Provides input into evaluation of other staff as appropriate.
• Acts as preceptor for nursing students and staff as requested.
• Participates in Departmental and organization continuing education programs.
• Identifies own learning needs and updates clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal education and review of current literature.
• Educates lay and/or professional groups through lectures, papers, publications, and educational materials.

Planning

• Develops annual objectives and reviews with Nursing Director or Executive Nursing Director and collaborating M.D. at time of performance review and at appropriate intervals.
• Completes annual credentialing process through the Nursing Department credentialing program.
• Assists in determining, evaluating, and/or implementing clinical area goals and objectives.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach for planning and communicating information for patient care and operation of practice.
• Maintains current knowledge of legislation that may affect the health care delivery system.
• Identifies and integrates patient population and/or disease state in programmatic goals and objectives.

Research

• Participates in nursing research at a level consistent with educational background and experience.
• Maintains understanding of current research of others in related clinical areas through review of relevant publications.
• Participates in grant writing as appropriate.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• May assume responsibility for providing direction to designated personnel.

Qualifications

• Master's in Nursing (MSN) (or) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) (or) PhD Degree in Nursing required.
• Completion of a Master’s or post Masters’ degree in Adult program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
• Satisfactory completion of an approved formal education program which has as its objective the preparation of professional nurses to practice as nurse practitioner.
• Current Adult/Gerontology (AGNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certification by an accredited APRN certifying body required.
• DEA registration required and current APRN License to practice in Massachusetts required.
• Minimum 5 years’ current nurse practitioner experience caring for an Oncology focused patient population required.
• Clinical nurse practitioner experience in an ambulatory practice managing a solid tumor or CNS oncology focused patient population required.
• Oncology Nursing Board Certification strongly preferred.
• Clinical experience ordering and/or administering antineoplastics preferred.