Advanced Practice Provider

Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) in Genitourinary (GU) Oncology Program

Join the University of Chicago Medicine as an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) in our Genitourinary (GU) Oncology Program. The Advanced Practice Provider will be responsible for comprehensive direct patient care and will manage patients by exercising autonomous decision making in the assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of medical treatments. The APP will provide healthcare and patient services that may include educational, research, and clinical support, as well as administrative activities under the direction and supervision of the GU Oncology faculty and the Cancer Service Line leadership.

The APP has acquired the knowledge, skills, and judgment necessary to deliver high quality care to hematology/oncology patients. The GU Oncology clinicians treat malignancies of the GU system including cancers of the prostate, bladder, and germ cell origin. These patients require care for symptoms of malignancy as well as for the toxicities and side effects of cancer treatments. After an orientation period, the APP will work autonomously and collaboratively with the rest of the GU Oncology team.

The APP will utilize evidence-based practice in close collaboration with University of Chicago heme/onc faculty, APPs, pharmacists and nurses. The APP must be familiar with clinical research trials and protocols. This candidate will be trained in the management of both hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.

• Works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, using advanced clinical skills to manage a caseload of patients.
• Assesses, diagnoses, and initiates delegated medical treatments; performs independent interventions and evaluates care.
• Provides a model of care that is shaped by theory, expanded by science, research and reflective practice and is identified by a holistic and comprehensive approach to the patients.
• Staffs half-day or full-day clinics as assigned.
• Manages the care of patients, including assessment, diagnosis and treatment for assigned patients.
• Documents history and physical examination and changes in management according to government guidelines in the outpatient clinic at University of Chicago.
• Coordinates diagnostic tests, follows-up on tests, and other patient care issues.
• As part of duties, performs reporting for government agencies, chart reviews, refills prescriptions, and answers phone calls, emails and 'My Chart' messages for patients for whom the APP is involved with longitudinal care.
• Attends weekly conferences and yearly continuing education courses to keep abreast of hematology/oncology patient management.
• Performs bone marrow biopsies.
• Evaluates goals and outcomes taking into account the benefit-versus-burden, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness for the patient, family and the organization.
• Develops diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve the goals and outcomes of the patient's plan of care.
• Performs other related work as needed.