Full Job Description
- Coordinate inpatient and outpatient services (admissions/discharge planning, and other transition periods)
- Assist patients and families in understanding and coping with disease process, symptom management, quality of life and palliative care issues as needed.
- Promote quality health care through integration of current research into practice.
- Maintain appropriate communication with interdisciplinary treatment teams throughout disease and treatment process.
- Act as liaison with patients, families, physicians, and other personnel.
- Utilizes the Children’s Oncology Group website and MD Anderson electronic resources
Patient Care- The APP will assist the pediatric hospitalist in managing the inpatient pediatric oncology patients including but not limited to managing plan of care, order medications, labs, scans, examine patient, work with nursing and other groups to take care of complex patients. Professional- Maintain knowledge and understanding of clinical resources including but not limited to; PubMed, Children’s Oncology Group (COG), International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), Association of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Nurses (APHON), as well as other appropriate professional societies and M.D. Anderson electronic resources.
- Participate in education of student advanced practice nurses, physician’s assistants, nurses and other health care professional as needed.
- Ensure integration of safety and quality standards into practice and delivery of care.
- Attend appropriate continuing education programs related to clinical area.
- Participate in institutional professional and educational activities to achieve the goals of the department, the division and the institution.
- Participate in professional organizations pertinent to practice.
Mentorship- The APP serves as a mentor and teaches (formally and informally) the concepts related to clinical issues in the population of pediatric oncology and hematologic cancers, including Patient/Family-Centered Care (dignity/respect, information sharing, partnership, collaboration) and palliative care to staff and faculty, when needed and appropriate. Research- Participate and collaborate on clinical research protocols.
- Interview patients for symptoms, side-effects, toxicities, and determine their status pertaining to the investigational aspects of protocols.
- Collaborate with research nurse to assure protocol compliance.
Other duties as assigned. REQUIREMENTS Education Required: Master’s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), except for Physician Assistants who graduated from a PA program prior to 2013. Experience Preferred: One year of Physician Assistant experience in Pediatric Oncology. Licensures/Certifications Required: All of the following: PA certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants. Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners. MAY BE REQUIRED: Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas. Must meet the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) , ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) if working in one of following department: Pediatrics – Patient Care (113100). It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 173858
- Employment Status: Full-Time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Work Week: Day/Evening, Weekends
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 117,500
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 146,500
- Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 176,500
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Fund Type: Hard
- Work Location: Onsite
- Pivotal Position: No
- Referral Bonus Available?: No
- Relocation Assistance Available?: No
- Science Jobs: No
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