Sr. Nurse Practitioner; Oncology

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We are seeking a Sr. Nurse Practitioner
. In addition to the duties and responsibilities of a Sr. Nurse Practitioner, the provider will be involved in work of their clinical subspecialty, involving a greater level of managing complex patients through advanced decision making, greater level of independence in assessments and procedure. The Sr. NP is considered a resource within their disease group.

• Provides expert level comprehensive, age appropriate, and episodic care to complex patients within the subspecialty as a member of the multi-disciplinary health care team
• Interprets data, makes diagnoses and orders appropriate intervention.
• Obtains patient history;
  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.
• Provides education to patient and family members regarding diagnosis, complications, treatment and medications in order to provide them with continuous information.
• Collaborates with referring departments to ensure optimal patient experience throughout care continuum and among all multi-disciplinary team members.
• Works in collaboration with the physician and realizes and is able to detect those deviations from normalcy or from established protocols which require consultation and/or referral to appropriate specialty areas including physicians, nutrition, psycho-social, and other resources.

• Routine laboratory procedures such as cultures, smears, venipuncture, electrocardiograms.
• Performs advanced oncology related procedures such as bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, skin biopsy, lumbar puncture, bone marrow harvest, and other procedures as necessary, including paracentesis and thoracentesis as called upon within the scope of practice.

• Maintains CPR certification.
• Maintains airway, breathing, circulation.
• Starts and provides basic CPR.
• Orders and administers anti-anaphylactic and supportive medications.

• Is credentialed as an independent writer of chemotherapy orders. Independently writes and signs chemotherapy orders consistent with JHH policy and with their scope of practice.
• Prescribes medications, including oral, parenteral, intramuscular, or subcutaneous drugs.
• Prescribes Schedule 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4,5 drugs under the guidelines of the Maryland Nurse Practice Act and the DEA.

• Will identify patient's eligibility for IRB approved clinical research studies.
• 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.

• Precepts new APPs and/or available to shadowing/teaching experiences of new staff and students.
• Develops expertise and expands knowledge in specific areas and shares that knowledge and expertise with colleagues as consultant in planning care for patients.
• Participates…