Advanced Practice Provider

• Base Pay $130,506.00 / Year
• Job Category Oregon Oncology Specialists

Description

At Oregon Oncology Specialists, we take care of people. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP- Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) is crucial to this mission because we drive exceptional clinical practice. We do this by understanding the community’s’ clinical needs, collaborating with our physician partners, and upholding the organization’s goal of improving patient outcomes and developing clinical programs.

The APP is key to Oregon Oncology Specialists’ success because they provide high-level patient care as a part of the clinical team. In coordination with and in support of our Physicians, an Advanced Practice Provider provides direct patient care, including evaluating and examining patients, managing patients who are undergoing treatment, and monitoring patients after treatment is complete.

Compensation/Benefits Highlights

• Starting pay from $130,506 per year
• Competitive pay and incentives bonuses
• 401K with employer contribution
• Reimbursement for professional memberships
• Upward career growth and professional development
• Supportive and appreciative culture

Essential Job Functions

• Contributes to physician’s effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
• Assists physicians with inbasket, triage and medication/infusion support.
• Provides information and commentary to the care team that is pertinent to clinical deliberations.
• Recommends options and courses of action.
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing treatment regimens.
• Orders diagnostic tests, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
• Prescribes and refills medications and oncology treatments.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Rounds on patients in the hospital.
• Performs bone marrow biopsies as trained and declared competent.
• Manages chemotherapy and immune therapy toxicities.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Participates in advanced care planning.
• General management of primary care issues related to hematology/oncology.
• APP’s will take one outpatient 24-hour call shift on a holiday per year.

Required Qualifications

• 2 + years of clinical experience
• National certification as ANP, FNP, GNP or PA-C
• Currently active full unrestricted Oregon state (APRN or PA) license, or ability to obtain prior to employment
• Current DEA license
• Strong technical/computer skills and EMR experience

Preferred Qualifications

What makes OOS different?

• We are patient-centered practice.
• We are physician-owned and operated.
• Physicians care about professional development and continuing medical education for the Advance Practice Providers.
• We have partnered with a neighboring health system to ensure the community receives the care it deserves.
• We are not afraid to step up into unknown territory to care for people which brings about unlimited learning and experimental opportunities for our staff.

A successful Advanced Practice Provider will…

• Enjoy creative problem-solving.
• Be dedicated to the team and organization’s success.
• Possess exceptional social, emotional, and communication skills.
• Maintain the ability to multi-task in stressful environments.
• Be genuinely caring and compassionate.
• Enjoy creating efficient and effective processes.
• Be motivated by patient-centered, quality care.
• Develop personal accountability at work.
• Perform consistently and confidently in a wide array of situations.