Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant: Duke Gynecologic Oncology

Duke Careers • Durham, NC

68d

About The Position

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you. Duke Advanced Practice Highlights: The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country. The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs. Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke. Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research. Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

Requirements

• Preference for 1+ years of work experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (APP) in Women’s Health and/or Oncology.
• Consider new graduate APP if education included oncology elective(s).
• Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants: Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
• BLS required.
• Nurse Practitioner: Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) designation or additional oncology CME each year.
• Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required.
• Physician Assistants: Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients with gynecologic malignancies and benign gynecologic conditions such as dysplasia, hyperplasia, and germline genetic mutations.
• Obtain patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient’s record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic-therapeutic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects to the patient.
• Utilize medical decision making to create an individualized patient plan of care.
• Perform and/or assist with IUD placement/removal and diagnostic/therapeutic procedures such as colposcopy, cervical-vulvar-vaginal biopsies, and endometrial biopsies to aid in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care. Report progress to collaborating physician and maintain record of each patient’s progress.
• Play a significant role in managing end of life and supportive care issues across the scope of our practice in the inpatient and outpatient settings. In this context, the APP will work closely with both the Gynecologic Oncology and Palliative Care teams and play a vital role in timely initiation of goals of care conversations and hospice referrals.
• Collaborate with APP team members to ensure clinic coverage as well as timely response to patient MyChart and phone messages.
• Participate in teaching students, fellows and residents.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits plans
• Convenient work hours
• Opportunities for career advancement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees