Nurse Practitioner (NP) / Physician Assistant (PA) - PRN

American Oncology Network•Asheville, NC

22h•$38 - $82•Onsite

About The Position

Messino Cancer Centers is looking for a PRN Advanced Practice Provider to join our growing team! This role offers a flexible schedule during the work week, with the office open Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. We provide competitive pay, 401K matching, and resources through AON's WellBeing program. The position assists physicians in the care and teaching of patients, assessing their physical and psychosocial status, writing prescriptions, interpreting diagnostic studies, and managing patient care plans. The role also involves participating in multidisciplinary rounds, providing on-call coverage, triaging patients, documenting care, and promoting the organization's services.

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.
Current certification from ANCC or ONS (AOCN-P).
Current BLS.
Minimum 5 years experience as APRN or PA, specifically in Oncology.
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.
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.
Good command of the English language.
Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
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.
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.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required.

Nice To Haves

Second language is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

Assess the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination, and diagnostic studies.
Write prescriptions for medication, blood products based upon laboratory results, routine diagnostic and follow-up studies, therapeutic measures, and care post-discharge in accordance with written practice protocols.
Determine eligibility of patients for entry into clinical trials based on findings.
Interpret and evaluate findings of studies/tests.
Relay appropriate information regarding patient care to the collaborating physician.
Administer therapeutic measures / obtain specimens as prescribed.
Dictate follow-up letters to referring physicians with summaries of treatment, response and plan.
Dictate or write patient history, admissions, progress notes, and discharge notes in a timely manner.
Assist in the management of family dynamics and coping mechanisms during acute and chronic phases of patients’ care.
Conduct or participate in daily multi-disciplinary rounds for assigned patients to ensure patients are receiving appropriate and quality care.
Provide on-call coverage and performs hospital rounds as needed.
Triage patients to determine urgency of physician evaluation.
Document and report care in an accurate, timely manner using appropriate forms and records.
Demonstrate a willingness to learn and to remain flexible in the changing health care environment.
Assist staff in times of crisis or emergency.
Meet with the public outside the institution and efficiently market and promote cancer treatment.
Determine work priorities, assign work and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
Comply with all federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to patient privacy, patient’s rights, personnel law, safety, labor, and employment law.
Adhere to Company and departmental policies and procedures, including IT policies and procedures and Disaster Recovery Plan.
Keep work area and records in a neat and orderly manner.
Maintain all company equipment in a safe and working manner.
Maintain and ensure the confidentiality of all patient and employee information at all times as required by the HIPAA regulations.
Assist in training new employees to related job duties.
Will be expected to work at any Company location to help meet the Company’s business needs as directed by collaborating physician.
Will be expected to work overtime when given sufficient notice of required overtime.