Instructor - Nurse Practitioner

Division: Medicine Work Arrangement: Location: Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX Salary Range: FLSA Status: Exempt Work Schedule:

Summary

Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Section of Hematology/Oncology and the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (DLDCCC), one of only three National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Texas. The Classical Hematology APP will play a pivotal role in the DLDCCC for the classical hematology patients. The successful candidate will work closely with our classical hematologists to provide comprehensive care for patients with benign/non-malignant hematological disorders. This APP's effort will be devoted to patient care in the classical hematology clinics. Job Duties • Performs comprehensive health assessments, physical exams. Performs, orders, and interprets diagnostic procedures in accordance with relevant health concerns of the patient. • Evaluates and manages on-treatment and post-treatment side effects, offers treatment recommendations and prescribes medications to manage symptoms of treatment collaborates with infusion center for iron infusion and other treatments as needed to support coordination plans and implements therapeutic regimens that include both nursing and medical management strategies, including prescription of medications. • Provides monitoring and continuity of care between visits. Shares responsibility in triaging patients' calls and messages communicates with inpatient providers at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center to ensure streamlined care when patients are admitted to the hospital. • For clinical trial patients, adheres to study-related policies and procedures as outlined in clinical protocol. Performs scheduled study-related visits, study screenings, and toxicity assessments. • Documents assessments and interventions in the electronic medical record system. • Communicates treatment plans with physicians, patients, and their family members. • Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, presentation, and epidemiology of medical conditions. • Participates in chart reviews, staff education, clinical guideline development, and other continuing education and QA activities to demonstrate compliance with standards, regulations, policies, and procedures. Minimum Qualifications • Education: Master's degree in Nursing. • Experience: None required, 1 to 3 years preferred. • Certification/Licenses/Registration: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP). Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Knowledge of current best practices and standards in patient-centered cancer care. • Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving ability. • Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in a fast-paced environment with minimal guidance. • Outstanding organizational and time-management skills. • Ability to address individuals and information with a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality in various delicate, formal, or urgent situations. • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with physicians and staff. Must be comfortable and flexible with changing priorities and self-directed problem solving. • Compassionate, empathetic, and authentic. • Proficiency with electronic medical records.

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Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer. Requisition ID: 21508 Apply Job!