Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Oncology Rapid Assessment Clinic

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 - Days/Nights/Weekends
Work Location: Onsite- Hyde Park
Unit Department: Center for Care
CBA Code: Non-Unio