Nurse Practitioner Oncology Palm Desert CA

Job Description

Job Description

Starling Oncology (NASDAQ: STLN) is advancing oncology by delivering highly specialized, value-based cancer care in the community setting. Formerly known as The Oncology Institute, Starling Oncology offers cutting-edge, evidence-based cancer care to a population of approximately 2.1 million patients, including clinical trials, transfusions, and other care delivery models traditionally associated with the most advanced care delivery organizations. With more than 400 employed and network clinicians and over 100 clinics and network locations of care across five states and growing, Starling Oncology is changing oncology for the better. For more information, visit 

Join a mission-driven organization where your clinical expertise directly improves outcomes for underserved cancer patients in community-based settings.

 

Base Salary with Opportunity for Semi-Annual Performance Bonuses

Advanced Practice Provider Role:

Performs physical examinations and treats common complications of cancer treatment, counsels patients and families and monitors patient progress. Works in collaboration with other health care team members, consulting and referring as appropriate, but retains responsibility for ongoing clinical management of the patient.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure patient information, visit history, refer outs, lab follow-up, phone calls, and consults are carefully and completely documented in the electronic medical record.
• Conducts in-depth interviews with patients and/or family, constructs comprehensive medical histories, performs initial and periodic physical examinations and explores patient's interpretation of health needs. Identifies and treats patients' diseases.
• Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
• Develops and implements long and short-range treatment plans.
• Performs procedures such as bone marrow biopsy.
• Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Writes orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and countersigning by physician.
• Identifies and records pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient's condition.
• Will need hospital privileges to assist with call. 
• In-Patient rounding across Palm Desert, Beaumont, and Hemet. 

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's degree in nursing
• Possession of current certificate of completion from a Nurse Practitioner program
• Current and unrestricted license to practice. 
• Oncology experience preferred but not required.
• National Certification required upon employment (Nurse Practitioners).

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. 

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$120,000—$180,000 USD