Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - OBGYN, Gynecologic Oncology-Full Time

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OBGYN, Gynecologic Oncology

Full Time

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN is also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.  

JOB FUNCTIONS  

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.  

• Provide medical care to patients of the Gynecology Oncology outpatient and inpatient service by collecting comprehensive histories, making physical, neurological and gynecological assessments on women in consultation with physicians, according to divisional protocols. 

• Perform screening and diagnostic medical procedures as training and experience allow and with physician supervision (for example: pap smear or vaginal culture collection, colposcopy, LEEP (loop electrosurgical procedure), cryotherapy, biopsies of the endometrim, cervix, vagina, and vulva, endocervical curettage, insertion and removal IUD)  

• Consult and refer complicated medical problems to appropriate division physicians or other sub-specialties as needed 

• Recruit and manage patients for participation in Gynecologic Oncology Research Trials 

• Assist with teaching housestaff and students that rotate through the Gynecologic Oncology Service. 

• Provide continuity of care for Patients on the Gynecologic Oncology Service 

• Make independent decisions in monitoring and altering of drug therapies, and in the initiation of appropriate therapies according to established protocols.  

• Function within the legal scope of the practice of the APRN and prescribe medication in conjunction with the legal scope of the APRN. 

• Follow-up on abnormal laboratory tests.   

• Perform patient education and participate in patient/family interventions 

• Assist with clinic nursing staff development  

• Promotes, supports, and facilitates individuals engaging in research activities to advance research in practice: evidence-based practice, the conduct of research, research utilization, and dissemination of research results. 

• Coordinates, guides, leads and provides support for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center activities and serves as the liaison to the nursing shared governance structure.  

• Organizes and implements various clinical research projects with care and accuracy. Monitors the care and protection of patients in research studies.   

• Conducts research needs assessments and uses results to construct a strategic plan to develop clinical research for nursing. 

• Screens and recruits subjects for clinical studies. Reviews and assesses data for clinical studies. 

• Collaborates and develops innovative programs to educate, mentor, and enhance the knowledge of nursing staff. 

• Fosters the development of an environment conducive to the conduct of inquiry; research and practice.  

• Facilitates the development of interdepartmental and interdisciplinary research activities, including generating research interest groups. 

• Participates in performance improvement activities, quality improvement and patient safety activities. 

• Assists in maintaining compliance accreditation and other internal and external regulatory standards including the code of conduct. 

• Ordering labs and medications as needed 

• Communicating with patients their treatments options and plan 

• Following up with patients regarding test results  

• Assisting physicians and performing procedures as assigned 

• Helping nursing staff formulating and communicating treatment plans to patients 

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients. 

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs. 

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment m