Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Company: Regional Cancer Care Associates
Location: Rockville
Posted on: June 22, 2022
Job Description:
Exciting opportunity for Nurse Practitioner or Physician
Assistant to join established Oncology/Hematology practice.
Currently, we are seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner or
Physician Assistant to join a team of physicians and nurse
practitioners.Job Summary: The Advanced Practice Nurse will care
for inpatient solid tumor oncology patients.Job
Responsibilities:
- Applies evidence and value-based practices to achieve positive
outcomes for patients and families.
- Demonstrates clinical expertise by utilizing advanced
assessment and leadership skills.
- Evaluates patients on a daily basis and ensure plan of care is
implemented
- Provides culturally diverse and educationally appropriate
health management education.
- Facilitates patient-centered coordinated care through
participation at daily interdisciplinary team rounds and staff RN
patient rounding.
- Serves as a clinical resource to nursing staff,
patients/families, and other multidisciplinary team members across
the continuum to evaluate complex patients and identify appropriate
interventions and evaluation of outcomes.
- Acts as a resource to staff for addressing clinical, process,
and system opportunities for improvement which promote excellence
in care and clinical outcomes.
- Builds credibility with medical staff as nursing experts for
patient care, quality of care, and the profession of nursing.
- Facilitates discharge of patients in a safe and timely
manner
- Collaborates with consulting physicians to coordinate care of
complex oncology patient
- Evaluates/assesses hospital transfers and admissions.
- Identifies educational needs of patients/families and
collaborates with other multidisciplinary team members to implement
appropriate teaching materials.
- Works closely with collaborating physicians to provide quality
care
- Actively engages in research as a primary investigator or
co-investigator.Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing, Board Certified Advanced Practice
Nurse or Nurse Practitioner
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience as a Registered Nurse in
Palliative Care or Hospice
- Current valid MD State Professional Nurse Practitioner
License
- Board certification in Advanced Hospice and Palliative Care a
plus
- Position requires fluency in the English language to function
in a job environment appropriately
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, team-work, and customer
service skills
- Strong organizational, problem-solving and follow-through
skills
- Ability to have difficult conversations with patients,
families, and physicians that result in the establishment of
patient-centered goals of care
- Ability to work autonomously in the areas of patient care,
resource management, program development and other areas of
professional practice
- Demonstrate knowledge of current computer systems, equipment or
programs used in the organization.
- Demonstrate maturity and accountabilityWhat We Offer
- Competitive pay
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K with profit sharing
- Company paid basic life insurance and long term disability
coverage
- Paid Holidays
Keywords: Regional Cancer Care Associates, Rockville , Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Healthcare , Rockville, Maryland
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