Nurse Practitioner (Oncology)

We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner who will provide comprehensive, evidence-based care to adult patients with primary and metastatic gastrointestinal malignancies in the outpatient Viragh Oncology Clinic. Working collaboratively with GI oncologists and a multidisciplinary team (surgeons and radiation oncologists), the APP is responsible for evaluating patients across the continuum of care, developing and implementing treatment plans, managing complex treatment-related toxicities, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies, prescribing medications, and coordinating supportive care services. The APP serves as a primary clinical resource for patients and families, ensuring continuity of care through active management of symptoms, survivorship needs, and disease progression while participating in clinical research, quality improvement initiatives, and patient education. This role requires advanced clinical decision-making, excellent communication skills, and expertise in the management of oncologic complications associated with GI tumors and their treatments.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Patient Care

- Provides comprehensive, age appropriate, and episodic care to patients as a member of the multi-disciplinary health care team.
- Performs patient care and physical examinations; Prepares patient summaries; Develops care/treatment plan; Attends out-patient clinics and assists with patient management.
- Provides information to staff regarding patient's care plan and condition.
- Consistently develops effective care/treatment plan for assigned patients according to established protocols and procedures.
- Regularly confers and consults with appropriate supervisory physician and/or other pertinent professionals before implementing treatment plan.
- Consistently structures all patient care plans to meet educational, physical and social needs appropriate to the patient's age.
- Consistently provides relevant patient care information to the appropriate staff member according to department guidelines.
- Follows long term progress of patients including history and physical examination, orders and interprets re-staging tests, and assesses status.
- Observes for evidence of long term effects including infection, toxicity, etc
- Provides education to patient and family members regarding diagnosis, complications, treatment and medications in order to provide them with continuous information.
- Participate in clinic-based committees and meetings focusing on quality assurance and safety programs for Viragh Outpatient Center and RRT (on-call rapid and infusion response for cancer patients).

Procedures - Performs, but is not limited to the following advance procedures

- Routine laboratory procedures such as cultures, smears, venipuncture, electrocardiograms.
- Performs advanced procedures such as biopsy, skin biopsy, and other procedures as necessary.

Research Coordination

- Will work with specific protocols to ensure that all protocol driven tests, examinations, and procedures are ordered, performed and evaluated and data is retrieved, entered on appropriate forms.
- Coordinates scheduling, orders appropriate tests, evaluates results, records data, performs patient evaluations and participates in care of patients on specific protocols regarding specific disease entities and treatment.
- Works in collaboration with the Principal Investigators of specific protocols to ensure the completeness of protocol requirements.
- Involved in departmental research initiatives.

Educational Responsibilities

- Develops expertise and expands knowledge in specific areas and shares that knowledge and expertise with colleagues as consultant in planning care for patients. Participates in rounds and meetings for consultation.
- Supervises and evaluates student/patient interactions in an academic setting. Assumes responsibility for patient care as provided by the student.
- Performs oncology related procedures, such as biopsy, and other procedures as called upon within the scope of practice.
- Provides leadership, guidance, and teaching to the junior APPs, APP students, medical students and oncology fellows while rotating through clinical settings.

Minimum Qualifications

- Master's Degree in Nursing; Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.

- Must be licensed as NP in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.

- Current CPR certification required. Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment

- Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG  
Starting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($123,100 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon - Fri / 8:30a - 5p 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus  
Department name: SOM Onc Cancer Immunology/GI Clinical Re   
Personnel area: School of Medicine