Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke Central Carolina Surgical Oncology Clinic

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

 

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program.  APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.  APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

 

Job Location     

Central Carolina Surgery, 1002 N Church St, Greensboro, NC

 

Job Summary

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in the Duke Central Carolina Surgery Clinic located in Greensboro, NC to work in collaboration with attending physicians, collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations, and provide direct patient care services to high risk surgical oncology patients. Primary hours will be Monday through Friday, day shift, with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients. 

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess benign breast disease and breast infections
• Manage long term care of some breast cancer patients
• Perform preop and postop assessments of patients undergoing surgery
• Perform in office procedures such as aspiration, incision and drainage, punch biopsy
• Manage patients in high risk clinic

• Follow patients with elevated risk
• Assess for possibility of genetic testing, counsel and perform
• Determine risk for individuals and personalized surveillance plans
• Counsel women on risk reduction
• Chemoprevention follow up

• Survivorship

• Cancer surveillance
• Long term issues with PT, lymphedema, nutrition, etc

• First assist breast surgeon in the operating room- this is negotiable and not mandatory
• Work with breast surgeon in the office

 

Job Eligibility Requirements

 

Education           

• Nurse Practitioners:  Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants:  Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

 

Certification 

• BLS required.

 

License                

• Nurse Practitioners:  Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required prior to or within 6 months of employment.
• Physician Assistants:  Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

 

Experience          

Prefer candidates with oncology APP experience or new graduate candidates who have completed an oncology clinical rotation or have RN oncology experience.

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Job Hours

Monday-Friday, day shift, with flexibility to meet clinic needs

 

 

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