Nurse Practitioner ~ Per Diem (Cancer Center at UMass Harrington)

Umass Memorial Health Caregiver

Hiring Range: $61.34 - $125.00

The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major responsibilities include:

• Providing diagnostic and assessment services.
• Analyzing data collected to determine health status and identify differential diagnoses.
• Partnering with physicians regarding proposed plan of care.
• Managing therapeutic regime as outlined by established protocols.
• Documenting patient care outcomes.
• Prescribing medications from Schedules II-VI.
• Providing patient education.
• Enhancing professional growth and development.

Nurse practitioners are expected to complete accredited programs pertinent to departmental needs, maintain department specific competencies, and participate in department driven practices.

Standard staffing level responsibilities include:

• Complying with established departmental policies.
• Attending meetings, conferences, seminars.
• Demonstrating use of Quality Improvement.
• Complying with health and safety regulations.
• Respecting diverse views and approaches.
• Maintaining regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

Position qualifications include:

• Masters or doctoral degree.
• Graduate of approved Nurse Practitioner program with certification.
• Current Massachusetts license.
• Preferred: 3-5 years of experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.