Oncology Rapid-Assessment APP (NP/PA)

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

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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

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.