Full Job Description
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a leading institution focused on cancer care, research, education, and prevention. Within this environment, the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant, Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery collaborates closely with multidisciplinary teams to support comprehensive oncologic and orthopaedic care. This role offers the opportunity to practice at the top of licensure in a fast-paced, academically driven setting. The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant, Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery is integral to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care across clinical and surgical settings.
The ideal candidate has a master’s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program, current Texas licensure and national certification, and required life support certifications, with preferred experience in orthopaedic surgery or oncology and comfort managing complex surgical oncology patients across outpatient, inpatient, and on-call settings.
This position is part time and not benefit eligible, scheduled for 19 hours per week with day and evening shifts and weekend on-call coverage as assigned. The salary range is Minimum $117,500.00 – Midpoint $146,500.00 – Maximum $176,500.00
Why Us?
This role directly supports UT MD Anderson’s mission to eliminate cancer by delivering expert orthopaedic oncology care that improves function, quality of life, and long-term outcomes for patients with complex oncologic needs, while offering meaningful professional growth within a nationally recognized academic medical center that values collaboration, clinical excellence, and work-life balance.
- Employer-paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
- Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
- Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
- Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-paid life and reduced salary protection programs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Outpatient Orthopaedic Oncology Patient Care
- Complete history and physical examinations for patients with general musculoskeletal diagnoses and primary or metastatic bone and soft tissue tumors
- Perform preoperative history and physicals and submit consultation requests for medical preoperative evaluations
- Conduct postoperative examinations and manage postoperative complications
- Review diagnostic imaging and laboratory studies and develop differential diagnoses and treatment plans
- Dictate prompt PME, history and physicals, and preoperative and postoperative notes
- Dictate all telephone patient communications and document encounters accurately
- Provide patient and family education regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, cancer treatment importance, and tumor surveillance
- Present patient case histories and imaging at multidisciplinary conferences and dictate recommendations
- Submit billing within 24 to 48 hours of patient encounters
- Communicate with allied care providers and referring physicians to support ongoing outpatient care
- Assist business centers with insurance authorization by providing clinical information and completing peer-to-peer discussions
- Perform outpatient orthopaedic procedures within scope of practice
Surgical Management of Orthopaedic Oncology Patients
- Manage faculty surgical schedules and coordinate surgical case scheduling
- Communicate with multiple surgical services to coordinate complex multi-surgeon cases
- Coordinate with Bone and Tissue Bank representatives for procurement of allografts
- Contact medical device representatives to secure prostheses, instruments, and required surgical equipment
- First and second assist in surgical procedures
- Submit preoperative and postoperative orders
- Communicate with operating room, internal medicine, and anesthesiology teams to coordinate complex surgical care
On-Call and Acute Care Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient and ACCC after-hours coverage while on call
- Manage medical care of postoperative patients during on-call periods
- Evaluate and manage urgent and emergent orthopaedic oncology issues in inpatient and ACCC settings
- Cover inpatient consults for urgent or emergent orthopaedic problems and implement appropriate surgical or non-surgical management
- Communicate with MERIT team, ICU staff, and on-call consultants for emergent medical situations
- Perform acute care assessments and order appropriate diagnostics, consultations, and interventions
- Cover the operating room after hours and on weekends, with weekend call from Friday through Sunday
Other Duties
- Perform additional duties as assigned in support of departmental operations
EDUCATION
- Required: Master’s Degree 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.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Required: PAC – Physician Assistant Certifica Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants. Upon Hire and
- Required: PA – Physician Assistant Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners Upon Hire and
- Required: MAY BE REQUIRED: Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas. Upon Hire and
- Required: BLS – Basic Life Support American Heart Association (AHA). Upon Hire and
- Required: ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support American Heart Association (AHA). Upon Hire or
Required: PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support American Heart Association (AHA). If working in one of following department: Pediatrics – Patient Care (113100). Upon Hire
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.
This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.
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: 180615
- Employment Status: Part-Time Not Benefits Eligible
- 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: Hybrid Onsite/Remote
- Pivotal Position: No
- Referral Bonus Available?: No
- Relocation Assistance Available?: No
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