APP; NP​/PA Hematology and Oncology

Position: APP (NP/PA) – Hematology and Oncology
Burlington, MA
• Lahey Clinic
• Full-time
• Day When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Lahey Clinic’s mission statement as approved by the Board of Governors and the Board of trustees is as follows:

Lahey Clinic, as one of the world’s premier health care organizations, will:
· Provide superior health care leading to the best outcome for every patient.
· Exceed each day our patient’s high expectations for service.
· Advance medicine through research and the education’s of tomorrow’s health care leaders.

Job Description:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Function
1. Receive and triage telephone request for information, appointments and/or medication renewals. Make appropriate and timely decision regarding the patient's compliant and/or request utilizing clinical knowledge andskill to extract pertinent data.
2. Identify, coordinate and delegate as necessary, appropriate health care professional to facilitate delivery ofcare. Provide appropriate and timely communication with the attending physician.
3. Provides thorough and accurate documentation in the medical record by documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions, patient responses and any medical/surgical procedures.
4. Perform routine bedside procedures and order tests and procedures as indicated.
5. Communicate immediately to attending physicians any gross abnormalities in patient lab levels or test results.
6. Round on Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant patients on a daily basis as assigned by the attending surgeon sand in coordination with the Transplant Fellow and Surgical resident.
7. Admission history and physical exams; discharge summaries
8. Manages and communicates information through various processes which include but are not limited to the useof computers, telephone systems, direct and indirect observations and documents in the medical record.
9. Actively involve the patient and family as appropriate in implementing the plan of care. Prioritize care needsand ensures the appropriate availability and accessibility of treatment for the patient.
10. Develop and initiate the plan of care by collaborating with physician, other health care professionals andfamily members. Provides counseling and education to both the patient and the family. Ensures treatment planis individualized based on the patient and family’s level of understanding.
11. Participates in grand rounds as necessary to assure continuity of quality care.
12. Documents as indicated in the department database.
13. Complete history and physicals, daily notes and discharges summaries on assigned impatients. Differentiates normal results from abnormal findings.
14. Obtain detailed history and performs baseline and interval health examinations. Completes medical histories,physical assessment and differentiates normal results from abnormal findings. Identify wellness and risk factors; communicating relevant data via dictation and/or provide complete, accurate written documentation inthe patient's medical record.
15. Collaboratively perform biopsies or line placements as indicated by the attending and the needs of the patients.
16. During the admissions process, develop and initiate the plan of care by collaborating with physicians and other healthcare professionals and family members.
17. Complete history and physicals, daily notes and discharges summaries on assigned inpatients. Differentiates normal results from abnormal findings.
18. Assist in the maintenance of the Cardiothoracic Computer Database by appropriate data entry.
19. Perform routine health examinatins through baseline histories, review of symptoms and complete medical histories and physical examinatins. Differentiate normal results from…