Interventional Radiology Advanced Practice Provider
About The Position
City of Hope is hiring an Interventional Radiology Advanced Practice Provider for a PRN role. The provider delivers professional medical services within their scope of practice, including direct management of acute and chronic illness and disease. They conduct comprehensive health assessments and physical examinations; order, conduct, and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests; determine diagnoses; and develop and implement plans of care. The provider collaborates with patients, families, and health care team members to coordinate treatment and achieve desired outcomes, and prescribes or dispenses medications and devices as authorized by applicable laws and regulations. City of Hope is a cancer research and treatment organization founded in 1913. Its integrated work spans cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and philanthropy. Its national system includes its Los Angeles campus, clinical care locations across Southern California, a cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment centers and outpatient facilities in the Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix areas.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience or commensurate training and experience.
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant training program, or a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Nurse Practitioner (NP) education.
- Licensed/certified and eligible to practice as a Physician Assistant in Arizona, or as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in Arizona.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive health assessments and physical examinations using critical judgment.
- Develop differential diagnoses, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for acute and chronic illness and disease.
- Initiate and interpret diagnostic tests and procedures relevant to the patient's current status.
- Analyze assessment data, determine diagnoses, and prioritize them using complex clinical reasoning.
- Develop and implement comprehensive plans of care, including interventions and treatments to attain expected outcomes.
- Address strategies for improving health status based on current health care knowledge, research, and practice.
- Involve patients, families, health care team members, and community resources in treatment planning.
- Make independent decisions to solve complex patient care problems.
- Collaborate with health team members to establish priorities, manage care, and coordinate treatment and services.
- Provide direct patient care using appropriate or specialized knowledge and skills.
- Prescribe, order, or implement interventions and treatments included in the care plan.
- Prescribe or dispense drugs and devices in accordance with pharmacological and physiological principles, applicable state and federal laws and regulations, and authorization under the appropriate Board of Nursing.
- Use knowledge of community assets and available resources to assist with referrals and outreach.
