APP Hospitalist - Northside

American Oncology Network • Willowbrook, CA

12h • $80,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Assists physician in the care and teaching of patients.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant program
• Master’s degree required
• APRN or PA license in appropriate state
• Prescriptive privileges or eligible to apply
• Maintain Board Certification
• Current BLS
• Minimum 5 years experience as APRN or PA, Oncology required
• 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.
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required.

Nice To Haves

• Second language is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient support 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees