Nurse Practitioner : Oncology Administration

Hoag•Newport Beach, CA

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About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the nurse practitioner license. The role provides multidisciplinary care, including patient evaluations and assessments, patient education, interventions, and documentation of the plan of care. The Nurse Practitioner requests physician and multidisciplinary consultations and confers with appropriate resources and staff when ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas arise. The role may involve working as an independent provider and/or under indirect supervision of a supervising physician, and may include seeing and treating patients across a variety of age populations. Depending on the area, the Nurse Practitioner may work different hours, weekends, and holidays, and may be required to take on-call time. Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department may include arranging patient admissions and transfers; performing and dictating examinations, histories and physicals; rounding on assigned patients; writing progress notes with plans of care; and dictating discharge summaries. The role may also include furnishing medications and durable medical equipment, ordering blood products, tests and therapies, performing drain and suture removal, and ordering and administering medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust dosing. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Master’s in Nursing (MSN) or DNP.
Completion of proctoring by the Medical Staff Office.
Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the care and management of patients.
Current California license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner.
BLS certification required.
National board certification as a Nurse Practitioner in the area of specialty required, except for Outpatient Oncology.
DEA license required within 90 days of the position effective date for Infusion Centers.
ACLS required for Cancer Urgent Care.

Nice To Haves

Orthopedic Nurse Certification preferred for Hoag Orthopedic Institute.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and the scope of the nurse practitioner license.
Provide multidisciplinary patient care, including evaluations, assessments, education, and interventions.
Document plans of care.
Request physician consultations and multidisciplinary consultations.
Consult appropriate resources and staff when making ethical decisions involving ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
As authorized by Medical Staff Department privileges, arrange patient admissions and transfers; perform and dictate examinations, histories and physicals; round on assigned patients; write progress notes and plans of care; and dictate discharge summaries.
As authorized, furnish medications and durable medical equipment, and order blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatment, and pulmonary tests.
Perform drain and suture removal.
Order and administer medications and IV therapy, and assess and adjust appropriate dosing.
Perform other duties as assigned.