Medical Oncology Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

GenesisCare • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

At GenesisCare we want to hear from people who are as passionate as we are about innovation and working together to drive better life outcomes for patients around the world. Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Role Summary: The Physician Assistant/APRN is responsible for assisting the Physician(s) in treating patients.

Requirements

• Graduate of an approved program or its equivalent
• Meets the standards set by the Board of Medicine
• Hold a current license in good standing
• Maintain certification in accordance with Department of Regulations
• Able to perform health care tasks in designated speciality by supervising Physician efficiently and effectively consistent with patient's health and welfare
• Able to obtain and sustain clinical hospital privileges
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to travel within the surrounding communities
• Good diagnostic capabilities
• Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence, and communicate effectively in one-on-one and group situations with patients, Physicians, employees and other customers of the organization

Nice To Haves

• Experience in designated specialty preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Assist Physician in treating patients
• Evaluate patients, take history, and perform pertinent physical examination
• Provide post-surgical wound care and follow-up
• Coordinate care of patients (testing and preparation for procedures)
• Record and ensure availability and completeness of documentation, reports and imaging examinations
• Provide patient education, counseling and instruction
• Facilitate supervising Physician referral of patients to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies, or other resources of the community or other Physicians
• Dictate progress notes, history and physical, and discharge summaries
• Administer and/or order medication upon request of supervising Physician
• Initiate emergency measures on patient as required
• Perform chart audits
• Provide in-service and daily consultation to nursing staff
• Initiate consultation and monitor patients for special tests
• Counsel patients on preventive care
• Share on-call responsibilities with a supervising Physician on back-up
• Answer patient calls
• All other specific tasks delegated by supervising Physician in accordance with the Physician Assistant/APRN's knowledge and experience developed under the supervising Physician
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees