Advance Practice Provider - Cancer Rehabilitation Program

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab • Chicago, IL

6d • $95,500 - $158,600

About The Position

The Cancer Rehabilitation Program Advanced Practice Provider (APP), including a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA), is an integral member of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Cancer Rehabilitation Program. The APP provides and coordinates rehabilitation care for individuals with cancer across diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and advanced disease, working collaboratively with Cancer Rehabilitation physicians and interdisciplinary teams. The role supports the continued development and expansion of comprehensive Cancer Rehabilitation services across Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and in collaboration with affiliated oncology programs and healthcare partners.

The APP assesses patients, develops treatment plans, provides treatment and specified procedures, and collaborates with Cancer Rehabilitation physicians on care. The role supports program development, care coordination, clinical quality and outcomes evaluation, research and innovation, and professional education. The APP is expected to demonstrate the organization’s mission, philosophy, core attributes, and values while maintaining required licensure, certification, and professional advancement standing.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an approved APRN or Physician Assistant program.
• Certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist, or certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• Illinois licensure as a registered nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or Illinois licensure as a Physician Assistant.
• Professional experience meeting the minimum requirement for APP-PAP; further experience is outlined in the APP-PAP handbook.
• Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with patients, patient families, referring parties, institute executives, and treatment team members.
• Ability to demonstrate sound medical knowledge and leadership.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Maintain all appropriate licensure and certification.
• Obtain and maintain the appropriate promoted APP level in the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab APP Professional Advancement Program.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized clinical care for people with cancer in inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient, and acute-care consultation settings, consistent with scope of practice, clinical privileges, and program needs.
• Evaluate and manage functional impairments, symptoms, and rehabilitation needs related to cancer and cancer treatments in collaboration with Cancer Rehabilitation physicians.
• Participate in longitudinal patient management across prehabilitation, active cancer treatment, post-treatment rehabilitation, survivorship, and advanced or palliative cancer care.
• Coordinate patient-centered care with physicians, therapists, nursing, oncology, surgical, radiation oncology, palliative care, and other disciplines.
• Facilitate communication and coordination between Cancer Rehabilitation and referring oncology teams to support timely identification, referral, evaluation, and management.
• Educate patients and families about functional recovery, symptom management, rehabilitation interventions, exercise and activity recommendations, and supportive resources.
• Partner with clinical and administrative leadership to develop, implement, and expand Cancer Rehabilitation programs and models of care.
• Help develop and implement clinical pathways, protocols, screening processes, referral mechanisms, and care coordination strategies that integrate rehabilitation into cancer care.
• Identify opportunities to improve access to services, expand appropriate patient populations and referral pathways, and develop clinical partnerships.
• Serve as a clinical resource on Cancer Rehabilitation and cancer-related functional impairments for patients, families, healthcare professionals, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Participate in developing, collecting, assessing, and evaluating patient-centered clinical and functional outcomes.
• Support systematic collection and analysis of clinical outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, quality measures, and other program data.
• Work with physician leadership and administrative teams to evaluate quality, access, utilization, operational, and financial measures relevant to the program and institute.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives to improve outcomes, patient experience, clinical efficiency, access, and care coordination.
• Use clinical and program data to identify improvement opportunities and demonstrate the quality, effectiveness, and value of Cancer Rehabilitation services.
• Collaborate with physicians, investigators, research teams, and institutional leadership to support clinical research and innovation.
• Participate in clinical research activities, including patient identification and recruitment, research protocol implementation, and collection of clinical and patient-reported outcomes, consistent with the APP role and scope of practice.
• Support integrating research and emerging evidence into clinical practice and evaluate innovative models of care.
• Contribute to scholarly activities such as quality improvement projects, abstracts, presentations, publications, and dissemination of clinical and program outcomes.
• Partner with clinical and research leadership to advance the evidence base and field of Cancer Rehabilitation.
• Educate APPs, residents, fellows, medical students, nursing staff, therapists, and other healthcare professionals about Cancer Rehabilitation.
• Contribute to internal and external educational programs, clinical competencies, conferences, and other educational initiatives.
• Maintain and expand clinical expertise through continuing education, professional development, scholarly activity, and participation in relevant professional organizations.
• Maintain all appropriate licensure and certification.
• Obtain and maintain the appropriate promoted level in the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab APP Professional Advancement Program (APP-PAP).

Benefits

• The employer offers a comprehensive benefits program described as competitive with industry peers in its geographic locations; benefits and eligibility may vary by position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level