Advanced Practice Provider - Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic - Full - Time , Rotating

UChicago Medicine; Illinois; On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign on Bonus

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

UChicago Medicine is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for the Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic (ORAC) to deliver urgent, same-day/next-day assessments. You will work autonomously with the ORAC team and collaborate with heme/onc faculty, pharmacists, and nurses.

The role entails direct patient care management, educational and administrative duties, and management of hematologic and solid tumor malignancies, including oncologic emergencies.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing with Illinois APN licensure.
• ANCC or AANP certification.
• Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers.
• At least 1 year inpatient nursing experience; oncology/urgent care or ED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Taking patient history, examinations, diagnosing illness.
• Patient evaluation and ordering/interpreting laboratory tests.
• Autonomy in medical decision-making and broad diagnostic/therapeutic services.

Skills

Autonomy in decision-making

Patient care

Clinical decision making

Education

Master's Degree of Science in Nursing

Job description

Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic (ORAC)

Sign on Bonus and Relocation Available.

Join the University of Chicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for our Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic (ORAC).

The Advanced Practice Provider will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care management and will manage patients by exercising autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated medical treatments. The APP will provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, and clinical support, as well as administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the Cancer Service Line leadership. The APP has acquired the knowledge, skills, and judgment necessary to deliver high quality care to hematology/oncology patients. The Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic (ORAC) is an APP-staffed clinic area that cares for cancer patients who require urgent, same day/next day assessment and treatment. Hematology Oncology often require acute care for symptoms of malignancy as well as for the toxicities and side effects of cancer treatments. After an orientation period, the APP will work autonomously and collaboratively with the rest of the ORAC APP team. The APP will utilize evidence based practice in close collaboration with University of Chicago heme/onc faculty, APPs, pharmacists and nurses. This candidate will be trained in the management of both hematologic and solid tumor malignancies, as well as oncologic emergencies (eg neutropenic fever, tumor lysis syndrome, cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity due to therapeutic agents, DIC, HLH, sepsis, and cord compression).

Advanced Practice Provider Essential Job Functions

• Taking patient history, conducting examinations, diagnosing illness
• Patient evaluation and ordering and interpreting laboratory tests
• Ability to exercise autonomy in medical decision-making, provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services

Nurse Practitioner Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree of Science in Nursing
• Current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois RN and APN licensure/registration
• Must be certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC or AANP
• Must have or be able to qualify for Illinois and DEA prescribing numbers
• At least 1 year of inpatient nursing experience preferred but not required
• Previous oncology, urgent care or ED experience preferredAcute Care preferred

Physician Assistant Required Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited (physician assistant) educational program
• Certification in ACLS and by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and current and/or eligibility for State of Illinois licensure/registration
• At least 1 year of experience in hematology/oncology, urgent care or ED preferred

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: FT, 1.0
• Shift: Rotating - Days/Nights/Weekend
• Work Location: Onsite- Hyde Park
• Unit Department: Center for Care
• CBA Code: Non-Union