Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner- Outpatient Domain - Medical Oncology/Hematology

About the Role

This position is an integral part of the care delivery system, providing specialty and critical care healthcare services in physician offices and non-acute settings. The role focuses on chronic health conditions in specific populations, adhering to applicable scope and standards of practice, organizational policies, values, and mission. Responsibilities may include specialty certification, advanced procedures with appropriate privileging, weekend and on-call coverage on a rotational basis, e-consults, and telehealth. Some travel between Monaca, Beaver, and Grove City is required.

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate patient care, including recording medical history, physical assessment, developing therapeutic care plans, ordering diagnostic tests, interpreting results, discharge planning, and accurate medical record documentation (20%).
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic studies to determine and implement treatment plans (10%).
• Makes medical diagnoses and institutes therapy within applicable scope and standards of practice (10%).
• Institutes emergency measures, treatment, or stabilization in acute situations such as cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, or shock (10%).
• Ensures accurate and timely documentation in the EMR to support medical coding, billing, and communication with the attending physician (10%).
• Educates patients and families on health and illness prevention, medication, treatment instructions, and community resources (10%).
• Communicates effectively with the attending physician regarding the plan of care and involves them in clinical decision-making for issues outside the Physician Assistant’s scope (10%).
• Maintains mandatory continuing education, participates in patient safety, quality improvement, and engagement initiatives, and upholds professional practice standards (10%).
• Performs specialty-specific procedures as outlined in privileging and job agreements (10%).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Current PA Physician Assistant License.
• PA-C or board eligible.
• Substitutions: Four to ten years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• MSN from a State Board of Nursing Approved Master's Program (if applicable).
• National Board Certification for Nurse Practitioners through AANP, ANCC, NCC, or PNCB (if applicable).
• Practicing-state licensure as a Nurse Practitioner (if applicable).
• Prescriptive Authority from the practicing state.
• Drug Enforcement Agency Licensure (within 60 days of hire).
• CPR - American Heart Association ACLS certification.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Preferred: Experience in Emergency or Critical Care settings.