Certified Nurse Practitioner - SMS-3604

Participate as a full-time physician extender in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and in departmental and medical school activities.

Service

• Assist in the delivery of medical services to patients seen in the hospital(s) and clinic, seen for consultation or scheduled for procedures under general medical direction of full-time faculty physician(s). Serve at outreach clinic sites throughout the central Illinois area.
• Manage individual patient care including:
  • Perform health status assessment by obtaining medical history and performing physical examination
  • Order and interpret diagnostic studies.
  • Develop and implement treatment plan
  • Perform other diagnostic, therapeutic or corrective measures such as
    i. Bone Marrow Biopsies
    ii. Intra ommaya and lntrathecal Chemotherapy
  • Perform urgent visits for patients in need of pre-chemotherapy evaluations.
  • Provide care to routine stable and hormone therapy cancer patients.
  • Provide discharge planning for hospital patients.
  • Assist in the evaluation of patients for research trials.
• Follow-up patients after procedure.
• Provide patient education and counseling to patients and their families.
• Communicate with the physicians, providing a summary of the clinical data and discussing further evaluation and therapy patients as needed.
• Communicate with referring physicians regarding patient care issues after consultations and procedures.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of all care provided.
• Submit billing information in a timely and accurate manner
• Assist in quality assurance audits and responses.

• Sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minority populations.
• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Current national nurse practitioner certification that includes completion of an examination recognized by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
• Current Illinois Advanced Practice Nurse license.

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