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Advanced Practice Provider

Clearview Cancer Institute is north Alabama's leading cancer treatment facility. For over 30 years Clearview Cancer Institute has provided leading-edge treatment and compassionate care to those diagnosed with cancer or blood disorders. Clearview offers every service and amenity needed in an outpatient setting and our dedication to research and involvement in Phase I-IV clinical trials gives our patients the opportunity to receive potentially life-saving treatment options.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the Advanced Practice Provider is to provide general medical care and treatment to patients in an outpatient oncology/hematology clinic, under the direction of a physician as permitted by state and federal laws.

Essential Job Functions:

• Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
• Diagnose or treat acute health care problems such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.
• Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, etc.
• Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
• Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
• Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies based on patient characteristics such as age and gender.
• Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts, electrocardiograms, and radiographs.
• Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
• Develop treatment plans based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
• Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances such as food supplements, over-the-counter medications, or herbal remedies.
• Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
• Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
• Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
• Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care.
• Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice including reimbursement of services.
• Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.
• Maintain knowledge of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.
• Ability to be at work regularly and on time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications include:

• Excellent bedside manner.
• Ability to work well with different personality types.
• Clinical skills.
• Physiological knowledge.

Education/Experience:

• Master's Degree in Nursing or Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program for Physician Assistants.
• Oncology experience preferred.