Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic - Full - Time , Rotating

Be part of a world-class academic healthcare system, TheUniversity 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 preferred
* Acute 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
* Work Location: Onsite- Hyde Park
* Unit Department: Center for Care 
* CBA Code: Non-Union