Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner-Cancer Center

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UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with a passion for patient experience. This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services. This PA/APRN will work in the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center and have responsibilities in the operating room and inpatient hospital including but not limited to a first assist role, follow post-operative patients and complete consults.

• $10,000 sign-on bonus
• Industry leading, affordable access to medical, dental, vision, life and retirement benefits
• Easy access to I-84, Rte 9 and surrounding Greater Hartford communities
• Organizational culture focused on diversity and inclusion, innovation and patient experience

• State of the art, award winning campus environment with ideal parking

SCHEDULE:. Full time 40 hours per week, with flexibility required to ensure clinic and inpatient coverage. May require travel to off site locations.

• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care
• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
• Takes medical histories, examines patients, orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests; formulates diagnoses and treatment plans as appropriate, and prescribes medications and monitors responses to medications and adjusting accordingly
• Documents clinic, admission H & P, progress notes, and discharge summaries if applicable, and notifies attending physician of significant problems
• Performs medical rounds to evaluate pertinent progress of hospitalized patients
• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary
• Recognizes and responds to emergency situations
• Counsels and instructs patients in preventive care and health issues
• Performs minor surgical procedures
• Orders medical devices as necessary
• Attends in-service training programs on various health care services and treatment in conformance with mandated licensure requirements
• Provides education and/or instruction to various health care staff members
• Educates patients and guardians regarding disease process
• Communicates to outside agency health care staff and community providers significant changes in patient well-being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities
• May serve on hospital committees
• Involved with practice building and community outreach

• Performs all related duties as required

• Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states;
• knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions.
• Physical assessment skills; counseling skills; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform invasive procedures.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work under pressure. Ability to formulate plans of care.

• Decision making ability.

• Registered Nurse, and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or a Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
• Connecticut Controlled Substance license and DEA license

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain a valid license to practice Advance Practice Nursing or Physician Assistant in the State of Connecticut

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration for Practitioners issued by the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. (Must be obtained prior to start of employment)
• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain United States Drug Enforcement Administration Registration issued by the United States Federal Government.
• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. 1320a-7b(f).
• Incumbents in this class are required to possess and maintain NCCPA certification as applicable.
• Incumbents in this class must complete 100 hours of CME every 2 years.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• BLS Certification by the American Heart Association.

• ACLS certification

• First Assist Experience/Certification

• Surgical Oncology experience.

FULL TIME MINIMUM EQUIVALENT SALARY $119,683.00 more based on experience