Weekend Option (full or part time) Inpatient Oncology: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Job Description

Are you looking for a weekend only position? We have an opportunity for an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our growing Oncology practice. This is an inpatient position, at our downtown Baltimore (flagship) location.

Principal Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the attending physician, providing day to day organizational and clinical direction and leadership of the healthcare provider team.
• Orders, obtains and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Establishes medical diagnosis based on history, assessment, and diagnostic findings.
• Designs, orders and documents appropriate treatment plans/plans of care including prescriptions of medications based on a comprehensive review of HPI and diagnostic results.
• Initiates protocols/clinical pathways, evaluates the plan of care ensuring timely intervention.
• Performs invasive procedures.
• Collaborates with attendings and residents regarding admission, discharge and transfer decisions.
• Presents patients in the nurse practitioner’s caseload on rounds.
• Communicates plan of care with appropriate providers including the collaborative physician, the primary care provider, the referring provider, the nursing staff, and the case manager.
• Communicates plan of care with the patients and family members. Provides patient and family instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new treatment plans, and medication regimens.
• Counsels and educates patients and family members in disease process, health maintenance and health promotion activities.
• Provides primary, secondary, and tertiary preventive care services.
• Initiates appropriate referrals and specialty consultations or other agency involvement as needed.
• Facilitates patient flow. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team including case management ensuring appropriate and timely discharge.
• Provides specialty consultation.
• Advocates for patients ensuring patient/family participation in care, knowledge of treatment options, and understanding of patient rights.
• Considers the holistic needs of patients and orchestrates resources (i.e. Pain service, palliative care).
• Performs other activities as delineated in individual nurse practitioner written agreements.

Education Responsibilities

• Provides formal and informal educational programs for other members of the health care team consistent with evidence-based practice standards.
• Participates in mentoring activities.
• Precepts students.
• Promotes understanding of disease processes in area of specialty/program.
• Functions as a clinical resource for other team members including but not limited to interns, residents, fellows, nurses, and medical students.
• Provides community education, health promotion and outreach.
• Acts as a community health resource for specialty disease entity.

Customer Service

• Models and upholds a customer service focus to all internal and external customers.
• Demonstrates respect for all people in the work environment.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information.

Professional Development and Organizational Leadership

• Serves on department, hospital and community committees.
• Maintains professional licensure, certification, and collaborative agreement as required by the Maryland State Board of Nursing and national certifying organizations.
• Participates in department educational opportunities (i.e. journal clubs, grand rounds, etc.).
• Presents at local, regional, and national professional organizations.
• Pursues educational opportunities for professional growth (i.e. CEUs, update conferences).
• Promotes the organization to all customers. Acts as a loyal and supportive informed spokesperson for the hospital.

Research Responsibilities

• Serves as a clinical trial sub-investigator participating in or coordinating all phases of industry-sponsored research.
• Doctorally prepared nurse practitioners are expected to conduct nursing research as the principle investigator adding to the body of knowledge in the nursing domain.