Advance Practice Provider

SunState Medical Specialists•Pembroke Pines, FL

About The Position

SunState Medical Specialists (SMS), part of OneOncology, provides community-based specialty care across Florida. Its specialties include urology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, breast surgery, general surgery, and head and neck surgery. The practice offers advanced radiation therapies, in-house pharmacy and laboratory services, care management, theranostics, diagnostic imaging, and clinical research. The Physician Assistant assists physicians in treating patients and performs clinical duties in medical oncology in accordance with the supervising physician’s direction and the assistant’s knowledge and experience. The role includes patient evaluation and follow-up, coordination of care, documentation, patient education, medication administration or ordering at the supervising physician’s request, and support for hospital and operating-room care. The position also shares on-call responsibilities with a supervising physician and provides assigned night and weekend hospital emergency-room coverage.

Requirements

Hold a current license in good standing.
Maintain certification in accordance with the Department of Regulations.
Be able to perform medical oncology health care tasks as directed by the supervising physician efficiently and effectively, consistent with patient health and welfare.
Be able to obtain and sustain clinical hospital privileges.
Have excellent interpersonal skills.
Be able to work with minimum supervision.
Be able to travel within surrounding communities.
Have good diagnostic capabilities.

Responsibilities

Assist physicians in treating patients.
Assist physicians in the operating room.
Provide assigned night and weekend hospital emergency-room coverage.
Evaluate patients, take histories, and perform pertinent physical examinations.
Provide post-surgical wound care and follow-up.
Coordinate patient care, including testing and preparation for procedures.
Record and ensure the availability and completeness of documentation, reports, and imaging examinations.
Provide patient education, counseling, and instruction.
Facilitate referrals by the supervising physician to appropriate health care facilities, agencies, community resources, or other physicians.
Dictate progress notes, histories and physicals, and discharge summaries.
Administer and/or order medication at the supervising physician’s request.
Initiate emergency measures for patients as required.
Perform chart audits.
Provide in-service education and daily consultation to nursing staff.
Initiate consultations and monitor patients for special tests.
Counsel patients on preventive care.
Perform other duties in a general practice outlined in F.S. Chapter 458.347.
Share on-call responsibilities with a supervising physician on backup.
Answer patient calls.
Perform other specific tasks delegated by the supervising physician in accordance with the Physician Assistant/APRN’s knowledge and experience developed under the supervising physician.
Perform other duties as assigned.