Nurse Practitioner- Hematology/Oncology

About the role

Nurse Practitioners are clinicians with advanced training who provide primary, acute, and specialty health care services and deliver care under a set of privileges, based upon education, training, and certification.

Responsibilities

• Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The APRN is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients.
• Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
• Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Provides education to patients and their families.
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)
• Basic Requirements: Education, License and Certification
• Preferred Requirements: Documented proficiency in ordering and managing chemotherapy and oncology experience