Nurse Practitioner - Duke Gynecologic Oncology

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    

Duke Women’s Cancer Care Raleigh – 4101 Macon Pond Road – Raleigh NC;

Duke Raleigh Hospital - 3400 Wake Forest Rd – Raleigh NC; WakeMed Raleigh Hospital – 3000 New Bern Avenue – Raleigh NC; WakeMed Cary Hospital – 1900 Kildaire Farm Road – Cary NC 

 

The APP will augment a physician's ability to provide medical services to patients in the clinic and hospital setting as well as if a Physician Assistant or RNFA, first assist in the operating room.  The APP will work in collaboration with physicians and advanced practice providers providing direct patient care services, performing consultations, collecting and documenting data, assisting in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and ordering and scheduling laboratory studies.

 

In-patient consults/surgery are performed at Duke Raleigh Hospital as well as WakeMed Raleigh and WakeMed Cary Hospitals.

 

Preference for 1+ years of work experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Women's Health or Adult Oncology. As a new graduate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Women's Health or Oncology clinical rotations during the education program.

 

Clinical and administrative sessions are generally 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients. There is a possibility of weekend hours in the future with extended and alternative hours expected upon request/scheduling needs.

 

Job Responsibilities

• Care for patients with gynecologic malignancies and benign gynecologic conditions such as dysplasia, hyperplasia, and germline genetic mutations.
• Obtain patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient’s record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic-therapeutic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, na