[Hiring] PRN APRN Hospitalist @American Oncology Network

Role Description

Assists physician in the care and teaching of patients.

• KPA 1 – Inpatient support:
  • Conduct hospital rounds.
  • Assist with admissions and discharges.
  • Provide on-call support.
• KPA 2 – Assessment:
  • Assess the physical and mental condition of patients by performing and obtaining a comprehensive or problem-focused physical examinations and medical histories.
  • Orders, collects, interprets, and evaluates laboratory and other diagnostic tests to assess patient problems and health care needs.
  • Prescribe medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment.
  • Refer patient to appropriate sources of care as clinically indicated.
• KPA 3 – Documentation:
  • Ability to counsel patients concerning medical and psychological/psychiatric conditions, treatment plans, and behavior modification.
  • Maintain appropriate records detailing the patient’s treatment plans and outcomes.
  • Initiates timely consultation and referral when the problem exceeds the scope of practice and/or expertise.
  • Capture charges in a timely manner.
• KPA 4 – Communication:
  • Effectively communicate with admitting and referring team.
  • Triage and respond to all forms of communication in a timely manner.
  • Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant program.
• Master’s degree required.
• APRN or PA license in appropriate state.
• Prescriptive privileges or eligible to apply.
• Maintain Board Certification.
• Current BLS.
• Minimum 5 years experience as APRN or PA, Oncology required.

Requirements

• Core Capabilities:
  • Analysis & Critical Thinking: Critical thinking skills including solid problem-solving, analysis, decision-making, planning, time management, and organizational skills. Must be detail-oriented with the ability to exercise independent judgment.
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: Developed interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, tact, conflict management, delegation skills, and diversity awareness. Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential material and sometimes emotionally charged matters.
  • Communication Skills: Good command of the English language. Second language is an asset but not required. Effective communication skills (oral, written, presentation), is an active listener, and effectively provides balanced feedback.
  • Customer Service & Organizational Awareness: Strong customer focus. Ability to build an engaging culture of quality, performance effectiveness and operational excellence through best practices, strong business and political acumen, collaboration and partnerships, as well as a positive employee, physician and community relations.
  • Self-Management: Effectively manages own time, conflicting priorities, self, stress, and professional development. Self-motivated and self-starter with ability to work independently with limited supervision. Ability to work remotely effectively as required. Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-site environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities and demands from a variety of stakeholders and sites.
  • Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook required.

Benefits

• Travel: 0%
• Standard Core Workdays/Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.