Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant provides comprehensive outpatient care to individuals diagnosed with cancer, from diagnosis through treatment during the acute phase of survivorship. The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is an essential member of the multidisciplinary clinic team, including the survivorship dietitian and exercise specialist. This position is responsible for coordinating care and ensuring appropriate referrals to ancillary and supportive resources to address physical, psychosocial, and other identified needs.

The Advanced Practice Provider primarily provides outpatient clinic care at our new Ambulatory Cancer Care Building in Central West End, St. Louis, with the possibility of floating to county outreach facilities, including Siteman South County, Siteman Barnes St Peter's, Siteman North County, Siteman – Shiloh, IL, and Siteman West County. This position provides a hybrid workflow, with the opportunity of work from home days for administrative responsibilities on non-clinic days.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Evaluates survivors’ needs (physical, psychological, and social) using assessment tools such as distress screening to connect patients to referrals and support services, such as dietitians, social work, physical therapy.
• Provides psychosocial support and facilitates referrals to psychology services as needed.
• Adheres to NCCN survivorship clinical guidelines and other evidence-based practices.
• Collaborates with the Survivorship Program Team to curate and develop educational materials for survivors.
• Provides direct patient care to include obtaining patient history, performing patient assessment via observation, interview and examination; orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies; performs preventative health assessments, screenings, immunizations and care; provides direct treatment and management of acute and chronic disease conditions; develops and implements patient-centered plan of care in collaboration with physicians, patients, consultants, nurses, ancillary care providers and others as appropriate to the patient's condition.
• May bill for services covered by collaborative practice agreement.
• Provides counseling and education of patients and their families/caregivers concerning disease management, complication prevention, disease prevention, and quality of life improvement measures, and outcome management activities.
• Monitors/ensures accuracy of patient medical records; maintains all required reports, records, statistics, etc.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with established clinic/hospital standards.
• Manages health conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources; may perform diagnostic or therapeutic interventions consistent with certification and state regulations.
• Champions the safety and quality of care for patients using ITB therapy and serves as an expert in the care and management of ITB pumps. Helps develop a detailed educational program for the patients and lead the quality and safety initiative for the program.
• Serves as clinical expert regarding rehabilitation nursing while demonstrating a high level of autonomy and expert skill in complex clinical nursing situations.
• Provides management services for clinical research study projects; monitors participating subjects, including medication administration and family/patient education.
• Works in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, and safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Regularly participates in constant quality improvement and process improvement activities centered on the goal of providing exceptional, evidence-based patient care.
• Enhances professional growth and development through educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops.
• Contributes to the advancement of the rehabilitation nursing profession as a whole through research, publications, and presentations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

• Exposure to blood-borne pathogens

• Exposure to chemicals

• Requires protective devices

• Dust, dirt, grease or other disagreeable elements

• Patient care setting

• Direct patient care setting

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at desk or table

• Typically st