Oncology Nurse Practitioner - Salem, Oregon

Oncology NP/PA
The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides high-level patient care as a part of the clinical team. Under a licensed physician's direction, an Advanced Practice Provider provides direct patient care, including evaluating and examining new patients, managing patients undergoing treatment, and monitoring patients after treatment is complete.



Position Highlights:
- Join an established team of 18 APP's and 12 Physicians
- Practice recognizes the value of work/life balance
- Current APP's work 4 days per week by preference
- Work involves inpatient and outpatient services
- Full licensed medical team and support staff
- See about 12-15 patients per day
- Comfortable doing/learning chemotherapy education/consent visits, survivorship visits, treatment toxicity checks, lab reviews, support triage with urgent patient management issues, and understand practice in a COLLABORATIVE state (versus supervisory)
- Could learn/do bone marrow biopsies after competency confirmed (additional compensation).



Essential Job Functions
• Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
• Provides information and commentary to the care team that is pertinent to clinical deliberations.
• Recommends options and courses of action.
• Implements physician directives.
• Assesses 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.



REQUIREMENTS:
• National certification as ANP, FNP, GNP or PA-C
• Current DEA license preferred
• Strong technical/computer skills and EMR experience
• Candidates who may be considered:
- Oncology experience APP
- Experienced APP willing to learn oncology
- New APPs with Oncology RN experience



HOURS REQUIRED/SCHEDULE:
Full-time at 4/10s or 5/8s
Clinic is open M-F 7-5:30


Additional compensation offered for extra shifts:
- evening call coverage for clinic calls
- weekend inpatient rounding/coverage



COMPENSATION:
Range- $130,506.35



BENEFITS:
• CME reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision
• 401k with employer contribution
• Childcare reimbursement
• Company paid life insurance
• Company paid malpractice coverage
• Reimbursement for professional memberships
• Up to $8K Relocation offered for out-of-state providers
• $10,000 sign-on bonus on first paycheck; $5,000 stay bonus at 1 year of employment