This position requires providing service to the following age population(s): 18 and above in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.

The Oncology Nurse Practitioner provides quality, patient-centered care to patients in an oncology/hematology inpatient setting, under the direction of collaborating physician, including the following:

• Managing the care of oncology/hematology outpatients, including assessment of problems, symptom management, and coordination of medical care.
• Taking complete history and physicals, ordering diagnostic and therapeutic studies, prescribing medications and supplies, writing chemotherapy orders, obtaining informed consent, and evaluating response to treatment.
• Renews prescriptions for patients upon request.
• Provides cancer specific education and support to patients and caregivers.
• Evaluating pre-chemotherapy lab work, performing medication reconciliation, ordering non-chemotherapy infusions, transfusions and fluids and managing infusion reactions.
• Assists in obtaining third party approval for specialty medications when necessary.
• Accommodates patients who have been triaged by nursing staff or referred by attending physicians and require visit/intervention on the same day.
• Manages care of patients who are receiving anti-coagulation therapy/monitors PT/INR results and works with patients to achieve acceptable levels.
• Utilizes the Einstein Electronic Medical Record system in documenting and managing patient care.

Master’s Degree

National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

BLS certification

Experience in oncology or hematology preferred

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About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. [Register to View] target="_blank">Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. [Register to View] target="_blank">Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. [Register to View] target="_blank">Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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