APP Hospitalist - Oncology - Westside

American Oncology Network • Houston, TX

1d • $80,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Join Oncology Consultants - as a FT APP Hospitalist! KPA 1 – Inpatient support • Conduct hospital rounds. • Assist with admissions and discharges. • Provide on-call support. KPA 2 – Assessment • Assess the physical and mental condition of patients by performing and obtaining a comprehensive or problem-focused physical examinations and medical histories. • Orders, collects, interprets, and evaluates laboratory and other diagnostic tests to assess patient problems and health care needs. • Prescribe medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment. • Refer patient to appropriate sources of care as clinically indicated. KPA 3 – Documentation • Ability to counsel patients concerning medical and psychological/psychiatric conditions, treatment plans, and behavior modification. • Maintain appropriate records detailing the patient’s treatment plans and outcomes. • Initiates timely consultation and referral when the problem exceeds the scope of practice and /or expertise. • Capture charges in a timely manner. KPA 4 – Communication • Effectively communicate with admitting and referring team. • Triage and respond to all forms of communication in a timely manner. • Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant program Master’s degree required
• Certifications/Licenses: APRN or PA license in appropriate state Prescriptive privileges or eligible to apply Maintain Board Certification Current BLS
• Previous Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as APRN or PA, Oncology required
• Core Capabilities: Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management and organizational skills. Must be detailed oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness. Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
• Communication Skills: Good command of the English language. Second language is an asset but not required. Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
• Customer Service & Organizational Awareness: Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
• Self-Management: Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development. Self-motivated and self-starter with ability work independently with limited supervision. Ability to work remotely effectively as required. Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.

Nice To Haves

• Second language is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hospital rounds.
• Assist with admissions and discharges.
• Provide on-call support.
• Assess the physical and mental condition of patients by performing and obtaining a comprehensive or problem-focused physical examinations and medical histories.
• Orders, collects, interprets, and evaluates laboratory and other diagnostic tests to assess patient problems and health care needs.
• Prescribe medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment.
• Refer patient to appropriate sources of care as clinically indicated.
• Ability to counsel patients concerning medical and psychological/psychiatric conditions, treatment plans, and behavior modification.
• Maintain appropriate records detailing the patient’s treatment plans and outcomes.
• Initiates timely consultation and referral when the problem exceeds the scope of practice and /or expertise.
• Capture charges in a timely manner.
• Effectively communicate with admitting and referring team.
• Triage and respond to all forms of communication in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation packages that include comprehensive health insurance with a robust provider network.
• Our 401k, which offers a 100% match and investment options, is available to full-time and part-time staff members, and we feature a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program.
• At AON, we offer you more than a job, we offer you a career.
• As a network of independent oncology practices working together as one, we host annual summits each year, providing our employees a chance to collaborate with AON peers from across the country.
• Promoting from within is a priority at AON, and we support our team members continued growth through professional development programs and tuition assistance.

What This Job Offers

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