Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Oncology

Kettering Health; Wilmington (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering Health in Wilmington, OH is seeking a physician office-based APP (APRN/PA) for a full-time, first-shift role. You will provide oncology health services in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including history taking, assessments, orders, and care plan documentation.

The position requires an APRN or PA with appropriate master’s degree and national certification, along with BLS and Ohio licensure; on-call duties may apply.

Qualifications

• APRN/PA must hold required national certifications.
• Master’s degree in respective advanced practice field is required.
• Current Ohio licensure for APRN or PA must be active and in good standing.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide oncology health services with evidence-based practice.
• Perform history taking, assessment, orders, interpretation of studies, diagnoses, and treatment.
• Collaborate with supervising physicians and health care team for patient care.
• Participate in on-call duties and weekend responsibilities as assigned.
• Document care plans, orders, and patient communications accurately.
• Contribute to quality improvement and adherence to clinical guidelines.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Clinical reasoning

Multi-tasking

Professionalism

Education

APRN: Master’s degree with Advanced Practice Nursing Focus

PA: Master’s degree with NCCPA certification

Job description

Job Details

Physician Office | Wilmington | Full‑Time | First Shift

Responsibilities & Requirements

The APP provides oncology health services, synthesizing evidence‑based practice, research, and current clinical knowledge. They work with a multidisciplinary health care team and demonstrate advanced medical and nursing knowledge, clinical competence, sound judgment, professionalism, and timely documentation.

The APP is responsible for history taking, clinical assessment, physical examination, order entry, interpretation of diagnostic studies, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. This role may include on‑call duties and weekend responsibilities as assigned.

In partnership with supervising/collaborating physicians, the APP performs additional responsibilities as assigned.

Essential Functions

• Physician and APP completed Quality Assurance chart reviews (25 charts for new grad, 10 charts for an established provider) (Must be kept at practice location).
• Perform credentialed procedure. APP may perform procedures in accordance with institutional and state guidelines as well as when necessary for scope within specialty of personal competency standards.
• Evaluates signs and symptoms, including age‑appropriate changes, noting pertinent positives and negatives (patient care).
• Assesses the complex acute, critical, and chronically ill‑patient and obtains relevant comprehensive and problem‑focused health histories, prioritizing data collection and using collateral sources as necessary (medical knowledge and patient care).
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and reformulate as necessary, differential diagnoses by priority, identifies the presence of co‑morbidities, and uses diagnostic strategies and technical skills to monitor and sustain physiological function and ensure patient safety.
• Participates in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care.
• Utilizes evidence‑based practice, along with prescribing appropriate pharmacologic (includes medication reconciliation) and non‑pharmacologic treatment modalities; implements treatment and referral orders; interprets and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic testing and reports to collaborating physician(s) and health care team members.
• Monitoring and ensuring the Quality of the Healthcare Practice - skill of ensuring quality of care through consultation, collaboration, continuing education, certification, and evaluation.
• The skill of improving one's own practice as well as engaging in interdisciplinary peer and colleague review.
• Adapts teaching and learning approaches based on physiological and psychological changes, age, developmental stage, cognitive status, readiness to learn, health literacy, the environment, and available resources (professionalism).
• Participates professionally and works collaboratively to identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations (system based).

Minimum Education

APRN: Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required.

PA: Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification.

Required Certifications

• APRN - National Board Certification as a CNP, CNS, CNM, or CRNA (APRN certification to match scope of practice)
• PA - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Required Licenses

• Current Ohio Board of Nursing license for APRN
• Current Ohio License 50RX – License to practice as a physician assistant with prescriptive authority

Maintain collaborative/supervision agreement as required through the Ohio Medial Board/Ohio Board of Nursing. Includes yearly review/Quality Assurance and evaluations.

Required Skills

• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, provider(s), and the public
• Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively and efficiently document diagnoses, exam findings, and plan.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills.
• Demonstrates ability to multi‑task and work under stress
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice.
• Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care.
• Professional Role - skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and interprofessional relationships to provide optimal care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness. Skill of advocating on the behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process.
• Managing and Negotiating Healthcare Delivery Systems - skill in addressing the development and implementation of system policies affecting services.