PA Smilow Oncology - Waterford - Part Time

Responsibilities

As a valued member of our team, you will :

• Provide assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient / family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Work in collaboration with the attending supervising / collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols, and clinical pathways, and may provide autonomous team-based care.
• Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews / orders diagnostic / therapeutic tests and radiologic results, chemotherapy prescribing, formulates and manages patient treatment plans.
• The APP will educate patients and families on care and available resources, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. This includes admitting instructions, treatment plans, potential side effects, and discharge plans.
• The APP, as part of a interdisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
• Opportunity to serve in the OR as surgical assist.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE