Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology

The College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, is looking for a full-time Advanced Practice Provider (APP). The APP will assist in providing comprehensive, continuous, and personalized care to patients of the Division of Surgical Oncology. The candidate will interact closely with a large multi-disciplinary group including surgeons, physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, nurse coordinators, nurses, trainees (fellows, residents, and medical students), as well as consulting services across the medical center and the region. The successful candidate must be detail-oriented, well organized, adaptable, and an excellent communicator with willingness and ability to provide continuity across transitions of care.

Essential Functions:

• Take patient history, conduct physical examinations, and record the data in the patient's record; write progress notes and narrative discharge summaries; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Train new personnel. Participate in teaching medical students, residents, fellows, physician assistant students, nurse practitioner students, and pharmacy students in techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrate excellent organization and time management skills and excellent interpersonal skills with patients, families and health care workers.

Nurse Practitioner Minimum Qualifications:

• A master's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program.
• Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority.
• Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty.
• Three (3) years nursing experience.

Physician Assistant Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program.
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Sitting - Often
• Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) - Often
• Hearing, listening - Often
• Talking - Often
• Standing - Often
• Walking - Often
• Bending - Seldom
• Stooping - Seldom
• Kneeling, squatting - Seldom
• Reaching overhead - Seldom
• Pulling, pushing - Seldom

Compensation and Benefits:

UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. Highlights include:

• Comprehensive Tuition Remission
• Robust Retirement Plans
• Real Work-Life Balance
• Additional Benefits Include:
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• Flexible spending accounts & wellness programs
• Professional development & mentorship opportunities

To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our Careers Page.

UC is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process.

Important: To apply you must create a profile and submit a complete job application through the UC applicant portal. We are unable to consider "easy apply" applications submitted via other websites. For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact UC HR at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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