Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Hematology and Oncology (Instructor)

Summary

Baylor College of Medicine is seeking an exceptional Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Section of Hematology/Oncology and the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (DLDCCC), one of only three National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Texas. The DLDCCC provides compassionate and personalized, and multidisciplinary care to cancer patients through multidisciplinary collaboration while offering patients access to cutting-edge clinical trials.

The disease-focused and early phase clinical trial APP plays a pivotal role in the DLDCCC and is an ideal choice for individuals committed to improving the lives of cancer patients while advancing the field of cancer research. The successful candidate will work closely with our disease-focused medical oncologists to provide comprehensive care for their patients while identifying, assessing, planning, and coordinating services for patients participating in early phase clinical trials. Since the early phase clinical trials program is relatively new, most of this APP’s effort will initially be devoted to patient care in the disease-focused oncology clinics. Over time, more of this APP’s effort will be devoted to the early phase clinical trial program, but the APP will maintain an important role in the disease-focused clinics. Work hours will be Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM.

Job Purpose

Provides advanced nursing care to patients in a clinical setting in an area of specialization under the direction of a physician.

Job Duties

• Screens and assesses patients in the subspecialty oncology clinics and early phase clinical trials unit; performs comprehensive health assessments, physical exams, and preventive screening; identifies medical health risks and needs.
• Performs, orders, and interprets diagnostic procedures in accordance with relevant health concerns of the patient.
• Evaluates and manages on-treatment and post-treatment side effects, as well as long-term surveillance and survivorship issues; offers treatment recommendations and prescribes medications to manage symptoms of treatment; collaborates with infusion center partners to support coordination; plans and implements therapeutic regimens that include both nursing and medical management strategies, including prescription of medications.
• Develops and implements, evaluates, and alters treatment and survivorship care plans with the supervising physician.
• Provides monitoring and continuity of care between visits according to treatment plan. Shares responsibility in triaging patients’ calls and messages; communicates with inpatient providers at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center to ensure streamlined care when patients are admitted to the hospital.
• For clinical trial patients, adheres to study-related policies and procedures as outlined in clinical protocol. Performs scheduled study-related visits, study screenings, and toxicity assessments.
• Documents assessments and interventions in the electronic medical record system.
• Communicates treatment plans with physicians, patients, and their family members.
• Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, presentation, and epidemiology of medical conditions.
• Participates in peer reviews, chart reviews, staff education, clinical guideline development, and other continuing education and QA activities to demonstrate compliance with standards, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Provides care that is patient- and family-centered, compassionate, appropriate, and effective for promoting health and vitality, prevention of illness, and treatment/prevention of disease throughout the patient’s lifespan.
• Assesses/respects each patient’s values and preferences regarding their level of involvement in decision-making and care planning, and involvement of their family/caregivers in decision making and care planning.
• Establishes systematic follow-up for evaluating the plan of care; reassesses and modifies the plan when indicated; initiates referrals to other health care providers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education Required: Master’s degree in in Nursing or Physician Assistant Studies.
• Experience Required: None required.
• Certification/Licenses/Registration:
  • Nurse Practitioner: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP). Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
  • Physician Assistant: Current license as a Physician Assistant. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP). Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.