Physician Assistant - Outpatient Domain - Medical Oncology

This role is an integral part of the care delivery system, working together to provide a healing environment by placing patients first. The incumbent provides specialty and critical care healthcare services in physician offices and non-acute settings, focusing on chronic health conditions in specific populations, in accordance with the Physician Assistant’s scope of practice and organizational policies, values, and mission.

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 appropriate 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 timely and accurate 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 decisions 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%).
• Provides weekend and on-call coverage on a rotational basis, as required, and may include e-consults and telehealth services.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Current PA Physician Assistant License.
• PA-C certification or board eligibility.
• Four to ten years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) licensure within 60 days of hire.
• Ongoing successful recertification (NCCPA) as a PA-C within 90 days of hire.
• CPR certification (American Heart Association).
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Schedule

Monday - Friday.