Instructor/Nurse Practitioner

Department Overview:

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, known as one of the pioneers in personalized cancer medicine, is an international leader in research and cancer treatment. Driven by its mission to end cancer as we know it, the institute is building upon its expertise in targeted treatments to advance the early detection of cancer when the disease is most treatable.

The Center for Hematologic Malignancies (CHM) outpatient clinic provides acute and long-term care to patients who have undergone an autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) or received other cellular therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy.

Every Knight Cancer employee is expected to embody our guiding principles: 

• We act BOLDLY—Breakthroughs require pushing the boundaries of science, exploring new frontiers, and thinking differently

• We SUPPORT each other—Respect leads to trust, which leads to excellence

• We work as a CONNECTED team—We must leverage our collective brain power to conquer cancer because no one individual can do it alone

Function/Duties of Position:

Seeing up to 12 patients per day, this APP provides care in conjunction with a team comprised of physicians, advanced practice professionals (APPs), RN coordinators, and other allied health professionals. APPs may practice both independently or in a shared-care model with physicians as determined by the needs of the team. Additionally, this APP may be intermittently provide oversight of the infusion unit, responding to acute infusion reactions and urgent medical issues.

After appropriate proctoring, APPs will independently perform procedures including bone marrow aspirate/biopsy, lumbar puncture, ommaya tap, and skin biopsy.

This position reports through the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Outpatient Manager.

Clinic hours: Four 10-hour days between Monday and Friday. Set schedule to be determined at the time of hiring.

The duties of this position include:

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provide medical care independently in the outpatient setting to this select group of patients.

• Communicate with attending physicians regarding a patient's condition, treatment plans, and urgent medical needs

• Communicate with patients and family regarding their medical conditions, treatment plans, and their progress. Review labs and imaging as appropriate

• Assure appropriate setting of care (ambulatory, inpatient, critical care, acute care)

• Document subjective and objective findings, assessment and plan clearly and accurately in progress notes according to OHSU guidelines

• Provide comprehensive symptom management of complex patients by working collaboratively with oncology nurses, palliative care providers, social workers and others based on patient need

• Maintain communication with primary care providers and other individuals and agencies (e.g. skilled nursing facilities) as appropriate

• Deliver care to patients receiving treatment on clinical trials per protocol guidelines with timely notification of principal investigator/research nurse or study coordinator and appropriate documentation of adverse events

• Provide urgent medical care for stem cell therapy/transplant patients requiring same day evaluation

• Adhere to best practice protocols and OHSU specific policies

Education:

• Assist in meeting the educational needs of patients, family members, staff, residents, fellows, nursing and medical students, and others as appropriate

• Collaborate with team members to establish or revise clinical pathways and patient education materials

• Assist in training of newly hired APPs

• Work with clinic and hospital staff to optimize order sets, patient instructions, and other infrastructure that supports patient care

• Attend and participate in Grand Rounds, OHSU conferences, tumor boards, fellow lectures, national conferences, and other learning opportunities as available

Quality and Research:

• Identify and engage in opportunities to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to stem cell transplant/therapy patients

• Promote use of appropriate research findings in practice to exceed the standards of care

• Work with the physician leadership, nurse managers, nursing staff and social workers to prevent and/or respond to patient complaints

• Effectively manage clinic resources

Required Qualifications:

Education & experience:

Nurse Practitioner:

• Current and active Nurse Practitioner license for the state of Oregon

• State of Oregon Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Privileges

• DEA certificate

Physician Assistant:

• Current and active Physician Assistant license for State of Oregon

• DEA certificate

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 2+ years of APP experience in hematology and/or hematopoietic cell therapy.

Additional Details:

Apply online. Please be sure to upload a Cover Letter and Resume/CV.

We offer a variety of benefits on top of joining a thriving organization:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage at no or low cost to employees

  • Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents

• Several retirement plans to choose from with contributions from OHSU

• 25 days a year of paid time off

• 8 days of sick time off

• Commuter subsidies

• Tuition reimbursement

• Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits

• Annual Merit Increase

• Growth/Development Opportunities

• Employee discounts to local and major businesses

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All are welcome:
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