The Melanoma Medical Oncology Department provides outstanding care to patients with melanoma. Our mission is to develop better therapies for melanoma, and other cancers, by applying the latest findings in laboratory studies to the clinical setting.
KEY FUNCTIONS
Inpatient and Outpatient Clinical Activities
Conducts inpatient rounds with attending physicians and communicates pertinent clinical information based on physical examination and review of patient data.
Evaluates patients and communicate pertinent clinical information based on history, physical examination, and review of patient data to attending physicians.
Facilitates appointments and testing for new patients and consults patients to the department.
Manages daily patient problems and emergencies as they arise, and documents actions implemented and their resolution.
Completes PME's, admission H&P, consultation notes, daily progress notes, and discharge summaries in compliance with institutional and departmental guidelines.
Requests consultations and communicates with other services, caregivers, and outside providers to coordinate patient care.
Coordinates admissions as needed by the patient and as dictated by training.
Conducts hospice referrals and coordinates discharge planning.
Orders patient medications, treatments, and tests within authorized delegated prescriptive authority and consistent with institutional policies and procedures.
Assists research nurses with patient protocol-related events.
Participates in the education of students and new hires.
Performs procedures such as discontinuing hepatic arterial infusion line, skin biopsy, lumbar puncture, ommaya tap with or without drug instillation, venipuncture, and intertumoral injections.
Assists with the management of unscheduled patients.
Serves as the liaison for new patient referrals to the department from outside physicians requiring the following assesses patient for protocol eligibility, coordinates patient appointments with physician availability.
Schedules special procedures with the appropriate department such as CVC/PICC insertions, angiogram, image-guided biopsy or aspiration, fine needle aspiration, hepatic arterial embolization, and infusions.
Collects patient test results, acts on abnormalities, and presents results to the physician.
Monitors and follows up on results of tests including lab results, diagnostic imaging, other studies, and pathology reports and acts on abnormalities.
Requests consultations and communicates with other services and outside providers to coordinate patient care.
Orders patient medications, treatments, and tests within authorized delegated prescriptive authority and consistent with institutional policies and procedures.
Clinical Research
Participates in clinical research by completing database forms, reviewing medical records for information, and interviewing patients/families for information.
Collaborates with the medical staff, research nurses, and other health professionals to complete research initiatives.
Administrative Activities
Completes paperwork which may include letters, FMLA, disability, and insurance forms for patients by manually writing or typing necessary information or by dictated letter.
Completes peer-to-peer reviews and provides information to facilitate insurance authorization for testing and treatment.
Responsible for billing utilizing the Electronic Billing System to complete charges within 24 hours of providing care to patients.
Continuing Education
Attends continuing medical education opportunities to meet licensure and certification requirements and attends CME courses related to Melanoma Medical Oncology as departmental staffing and funds allow.
Attends and actively participates in departmental meetings and conferences as scheduled.
Other Activities
Collaborates with the research team on the design of clinical protocols, creating or reviewing order sets, and/or management of protocol-related events.
Assesses patients for protocol eligibility and notifies the research team of potential protocol candidates.
Assesses patients for symptoms, side effects, and toxicities about standard treatments and investigational studies.
May deliver medical presentations within the institution and at the local, state, and national levels.
Periodic duties as requested by supervising physicians and allowed by the state and federal laws.
Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills. The supervising physician shall not allow the APP to:
Sign prescriptions on behalf of the supervising physician or have blank prescriptions available that have been pre-signed and/or stamped by the physician, or order refilling of prescription except as authorized by the provisions of Section II (Q0 Article 4476-14 of Vernon's Annotated Statutes.
Independently delegate a task assigned by the supervising physician.
Other duties, as assigned.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse:
EDUCATION
Required:
Master's Degree in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice. May be waived for applicants who obtained recognition as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse from the Texas State Board of Nursing prior to 1/1/2003.
Graduate education and related Texas Board of Nursing authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population.
EXPERIENCE
Preferred:
At least 1 year of experience in Advanced Practice Provider role.
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION
Required:
All of the following:
Written authorization from the Texas Board of Nursing to function as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN or ACNP or ACNPC or ACAGNP or AGACNP or ACNPC-AG or AGACNP or AGNP or ACPNP or ANP or AGNP or AGPCNP or FNP or GNP or PNP or PMHNP or WHNP or APNP). Related authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population. Basic Life Support (BLS). Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) If working in the following departments: Pediatric - Patient Care (113100).
MAY BE REQUIRED: Authorization for limited prescriptive authority by the Texas Board of Nursing.
Physician Assistant:
EDUCATION
Required:
Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), except for Physician Assistants who graduated from a PA program prior to 2013.
All Of The Following:
PA certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants.
Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners.
MAY BE REQUIRED: Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.
Must meet the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) , ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) if working in one of following department: Pediatrics - Patient Care (113100).
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 171148
- Employment Status: Full-Time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Work Week: Day/Evening
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 115,000
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 144,000
- Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 173,000
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Fund Type: Hard
- Work Location: Onsite
- Pivotal Position: Yes
- Referral Bonus Available?: Yes
- Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes
- Science Jobs: No
