Suspicion of Cancer Advanced Practice Provider
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients undergoing evaluation for a potential cancer diagnosis. The APP will collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate diagnostic workups, provide patient education and support, and facilitate timely referrals to the appropriate specialty services.
Responsibilities
- Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
- In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patients’ overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
- Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
- Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
- Prescribes therapeutic interventions for both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
- Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
- Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations.
- Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings.
Requirements
The ideal candidate demonstrates strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering patient-centered oncology care.
Qualifications
- Oncology experience
Skills
Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced), Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced), Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced), Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced), Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced), Professionalism (Advanced)
Benefits
No benefits information provided.
Pay
No pay information provided.
Schedule
No schedule information provided.