Nurse Practitioner 2

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

7d•$204,498 - $275,177•Onsite

About The Position

UCSF nurse practitioners (NPs) are advanced practice providers (APPs) who possess the education, national board certification, California licensure, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessary to provide evidence-based patient care in their area of clinical practice. They provide routine, acute, critical, and specialty care as defined by their granted privileges/standardized procedures. These may include performing non-invasive or invasive procedures and operative first assist. The NPII will work as part of a Team at the Parnassus location within the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology in a multidisciplinary environment working with Radiation Oncologists, Residents, Registered Nurses, Medical Physicists, Radiation Therapists, Dieticians, and Social Workers in collaboration with referring medical oncologists and surgeons. The NPII reports to and is managed by an APP Manager while working under the supervision of Faculty/Attending Providers. The patient populations may vary but will focus primarily on Solid Tumor cancers. The incumbent will provide care to patients including taking histories; conducting physical exams; document findings and actions as indicated, complex wound care within the department and assist with planning of the course of patients’ treatments for adult populations. The NPII will perform site-specific patient teaching; prepare patients for simulation; may assist with contouring structures for treatment planning; medicate patients as needed; order medications for symptom relief; assist in managing patients in follow-up; and address quality of life issues not limited to skin/wound care, speech/swallowing, adequate nutritional intake; and psycho-social issues. In addition, the NPII will answer patient phone calls, emails, My Chart messages, questions and perform other duties as required such as attending tumor boards, participate in department, and medical center committees as needed. Other duties may include developing patient education materials; staff development; training; teaching; outreach; assisting with research; analyzing or collecting data; and assisting other service teams in providing care to patients in the department as needed.

Requirements

Education, national board certification, California licensure, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessary to provide evidence-based patient care in their area of clinical practice.

Responsibilities

Provide routine, acute, critical, and specialty care as defined by granted privileges/standardized procedures.
Perform non-invasive or invasive procedures and operative first assist.
Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Report to and be managed by an APP Manager.
Work under the supervision of Faculty/Attending Providers.
Provide care to patients including taking histories and conducting physical exams.
Document findings and actions as indicated.
Provide complex wound care within the department.
Assist with planning the course of patients’ treatments for adult populations.
Perform site-specific patient teaching.
Prepare patients for simulation.
Assist with contouring structures for treatment planning.
Medicate patients as needed.
Order medications for symptom relief.
Assist in managing patients in follow-up.
Address quality of life issues not limited to skin/wound care, speech/swallowing, adequate nutritional intake, and psycho-social issues.
Answer patient phone calls, emails, and My Chart messages.
Attend tumor boards.
Participate in department and medical center committees as needed.
Develop patient education materials.
Engage in staff development, training, and teaching.
Participate in outreach activities.
Assist with research.
Analyze or collect data.
Assist other service teams in providing care to patients in the department as needed.