Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant / Medical Oncology Bridgeport

Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Fairfield
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Get MORE from your career with Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, has a new growth opportunity for an -Oncology -Nurse Practitioner -or -Physician Assistant, -to join our cohesive team to provide value-based care to patients -in practice-based settings in -Hartford Healthcare's Fairfield Region. - - -
Some highlights of this opportunity include:
- - - - - - - - In collaboration with attending surgeon, this role is responsible for providing skilled health care to patients in a variety of clinical settings and facilitating clinical management of patients by collaborating with attending surgeons, clinical nurses and other members of health care team.
- - - - - - - - Scope of responsibility is characterized by the use of nursing processes to assess, plan, evaluate and treat human responses to actual or potential surgical problems utilizing appropriate practices, standards, protocols and guidelines.
- - - - - - - - Provides direct patient care in office consultations, including assessment, workups, triage, emergency work-ins, and other patient care activities
- - - - - - - - Obtains and documents health history, performs and documents physical exam, and orders and interprets diagnostic tests -
- - - - - - - - Provides counseling to patients regarding diagnosis and expected course of treatment
- - - - - - - - Collaborates with physicians to provide appropriate direct care interventions within scope of practice
- - - - - - - - Collects, organizes, records, and discusses data as appropriate and uses sound clinical judgment based in best practice standards and evidenced based medicine
- - - - - - - - Prescribes pharmaceuticals according to patient needs and conducts appropriate patient follow-up & outreach
- - - - - - - - Ensures timely retrieval of laboratory and ancillary studies and diagnostic consultation reports
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Schedule: Full Time:
- - - - - - - - A close-knit group with a common goal of delivering compassionate and high-quality care to cancer patients
- - - - - - - - A supportive work environment with approachable physicians that love to help provide mentorship and training
- - - - - - - - Opportunities for professional advancement and trainings through Hartford HealthCare's unique relationship with Memorial Sloan Kettering
- - - - - - - - Competitive compensation, matching 401k
- - - - - - - - Access to HHC's Provider Leadership Development Institute -
Hartford HealthCare (HHC) Cancer Institute is a fully certified member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Alliance. The MSK Cancer Alliance is an initiative designed to establish partnerships between MSK and local care providers. Through the open collaboration that is facilitated by these partnerships, community cancer caregivers are in a better position to provide state of the art, evidence-based cancer care to improve the lives of cancer patients. Together, the Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering stay ahead of cancer.
Located between Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. - Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas. - To put -MORE GROWTH IN YOUR CAREER, -apply today!
-Qualifications
- - - - - - - - Eligibility to be licensed in Connecticut as a Physician Assistant (PA), or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), is required.
- - - - - - - - Eligibility to be certified as a Physician Assistant (PA), or National Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), or Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) is required.
- - - - - - - - Oncology experience as a PA, NP, or RN is preferred. -
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