Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Oncology-Full Time

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APRN

Full Time

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN is also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories. Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients. Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs. Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability. Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations. Monitors the effectiveness of interventions. Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Outpatient Oncology Clinics and/or Hospital-based Centers (in addition to Core Job Functions)  

• May travel to main campus and satellites to provide care to high priority patients (HPP) that are

       new to the system and or require follow-up care. 

• Participate in staff meetings and other pertinent meetings related.

  • Round with collaborating physician(s) and other team members at main campus, the hospital, and satellites locations.

• Collaborate with physicians, staff, and leaders in the care of HPPs. 

• Provides patient/family education regarding disease processes, treatment options, treatment,

                             outcomes, possible complications, medications, discharge planning, and lifestyle modification. 

• Assure appropriate transfer/handoff of patient/communication/documentation.

• Maintains and collects data for patient and program evaluation and participates in quality

       assessment and improvement activities.  

• Screen patients for clinical trials and refer to the appropriate primary investigator (PI).

• Precept and/or mentor APP fellows or nursing students.

• Demonstrates awareness of community and hospital resources and assists staff, patients, and families to effectively utilize them.

• Provide educational in-services to staff based on relevant topics.

• Triage of patient symptoms or concerns with collaborating physician/primary oncology care team and support process handoff communication to emergency services or oncology care clinic (OCC).

• Assure new and follow-up appointments are coordinated and expedited as appropriate.

• Refer to cancer support services when applicable.

• Support referrals from internal and external stakeholder (including community partners)

• Rotate on-call high priority patient (HPP) telephone after hours, weekends, and holidays.

• Provide coverage remotely and in-person to areas of need.

• Communicates with SCCC leaders at main and satellite locations of HPP that have upcoming medical appointments.

• Follows up with SCCC leaders regularly on referrals being coordinated.

Inpatient Consultations and Follow-up Care  

• Assist collaborating physician(s) with coordination of care to those patients that are  hospitalized with a hematological or oncological issue.  

• Confirm appropriate outpatient coordination of care when patients are being discharge.  

• Consult with collaborating physicians on the initial consults and follow-up care of hospitalized

       patients.  

• Communicate with Patient Experience Team, Sylvester Inpatient Service Leaders, and UTOWER staff on Sylvester Friends and Family patients being admitted.

Communication/Patient Satisfaction:  

• Leads by example to provide service excellence by communicating in a cooperative, positive

       and professional manner.  

• Displays courtesy toward customers by introducing self and addressing customer by name.   

• Meets customers’ expectation by listening, seeking solutions to potential and actual problems,

       and demonstrating sensitivity and awareness of others. 

•  Follows through to ensure that established expectations are satisfied; keep customers

       informed of progress.   

• Works effectively and cooperatively in groups/teams to ensure quality patient care.  

Professional Accountability:   

• Assumes responsibility for self-improvement by attendance at in-services and or other related

       continuing education opportunities classes, staff meetings, and education related to personal

       growth and departmental needs. 

• Obtains appropriate continuing education credits needed to maintain professional licenses and

        certification and institutional accreditations.  

• Participates in appropriate professional organizations.  

• Maintains and completes Personnel Development Record as per policy. 

• Maintains professional certifications/licensure in active status.  

  • Maintains oncology certification, chemotherapy competency, and APRN/RN license. 

• Demonstrates dependability/reliability by promptly reporting to work when scheduled. 

• Assists other team members as appropriate. 

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Education:

Master’s Degree or higher

Certification and Licensing:

• Florida APRN license or Physician Assistant license

• Graduate of Master of Science in Physician Assistant degree.

• Graduate of Master in Science of Nursing or higher curriculum.

• Board certification as APRN from nationally accredited organization such as American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

• Board certification as a PA from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification preferred

• Current Certification in BLS and ACLS

• CITI certification within three months of employment

• ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy certification on hire or during orientation.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant advanced practice nursing experience preferred

• Minimum 2 years of experience in treating hematology/oncology, acute care, or intensive care unit patients preferred

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

H15