Physician Assistant-Medical Oncology

Safety Sensitive: YES • Exempt Status: YES

About the role

All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in a manner that supports KHI’s vision of providing the region’s best clinical care and patient service through an environment that fosters respect for others and pride in performance.

Responsibilities

• Examines patients and establishes diagnoses by patient history, physical examination, and other criteria in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Provides appropriate patient instruction and/or consultation with family or significant other, as needed.
• Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory, radiographic, and other diagnostic tests.
• Identifies, develops, implements, and evaluates a patient-centered plan of care to promote, maintain, and restore health.
• Offers counseling and education to meet patient needs.
• Prescribes, dispenses, and administers medication according to applicable Federal and State statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Refers and consults with appropriate health care providers.
• Complies with all regulatory, organizational, and departmental statutes, policies, and procedures.
• Documents patient charts accurately and timely.
• Attends and actively participates in committees, staff meetings, and marketing activities.
• Demonstrates a caring, positive attitude.
• Delegates appropriately to support staff.
• Communicates effectively with others.
• Maintains attention to detail.

Clinic Specific Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains oncology and hematology knowledge to treat patients safely and accurately with the most current oncology/hematology evidence-based practices.
• Collaborates well with all members of the oncology team.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited program.
• Current Arizona PA license.
• Current DEA license.
• NCCPA Certification.
• BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Clinic Specific Requirements

• 12 oncology-related CMEs required each calendar year.
• Initial Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program training to be completed within the first 6 months of hire and ongoing training, as required, to meet clinical trials requirements.

Preferences

• Minimum of two years of experience in oncology/hematology practice.

Exposure Categories

• Category I: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.
• Other potential hazards: possible exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive substances; possible exposure to hostile individuals.

Work Requirements

• Must be capable of consistently reaching and/or working above and below shoulder level.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to walk or be on feet 80% of the time per day with frequent bending, squatting, kneeling, standing.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal at least 20% of the time per day.
• Ability to communicate using a telephone.