Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke GI Medical Oncology Clinic

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke GI Medical 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.

We are seeking a compassionate, qualified Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our GI Medical Oncology team. The ideal candidate has exceptional internal medicine skills and oncology experience. They will work with a multidisciplinary team providing direct patient care services. We invite you to apply to work with a team of oncology caregivers who are dedicated to outstanding patient care.

Job duties and responsibilities include:

• Promote and maintain high standards of patient care throughout the continuum of cancer diagnosis.
• Elicit detailed and accurate patient histories and perform thorough physical examinations.
• Order appropriate diagnostic imaging and tests to determine medical and post-treatment diagnoses, patient conditions, treatment toxicities.
• Formulate appropriate treatment plans with critical thinking skills and high-level clinical judgment including prescribing appropriate medications.
• Chart patient progress maintaining detailed and accurate health records.
• Participate in clinical research projects and understand the importance of documentation of toxicities and data collection.
• Communication among multi-disciplinary teams to support patient care.
• Collaborating, supporting and building strong relationships with supervising, back-up supervising physicians, APP colleagues, and team members.
• Participate in education of patients, family members, new staff, students and other learners.
• See scheduled and unscheduled patients.
• Attend program required meetings.
• Maintain up to date clinical and professional knowledge via approved CME.
• Protect patient confidentiality, maintain ethics and abide by North Carolina laws and Duke Health System policies.
• Maintain institutional requirements for compliance.

Additional preferred skills and qualifications:

• Ability to work in a team-oriented clinic.
• Willingness to be flexible and available to support the team.
• Analytical thinking skills with curiosity and ability to investigate and diagnose.
• Competence with technology.
• Excellent communication skills and customer service skills.
• Experience working independently and as a part of a team.
• The desire and willingness to continue to learn.

Job eligibility requirements:

• 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.
• Physician Assistant certification.
• Nurse Practitioner licensure and certification.
• Licensed in the state of North Carolina.
• BLS required.
• ACLS preferred.
• Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required.
• 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. BLS required.
• Both: DEA independent license with prescriptive authority.
• 1+ years of APP experience preferred.

Job hours:

Monday-Friday, 5 day shifts per week with flexibility to meet clinic needs, 7 clinic sessions and 3 administration session per week. No weekends. No night or weekend call.

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