SP - Physician Assistant​/Nurse Practitioner-Per Diem

Position Overview

UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Special Payroll Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with a passion for patient experience. This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services. This PA/APRN will work in the Neag Cancer Center Hematology Oncology.

• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care
• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
• Takes medical histories, examines patients, orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests; formulates diagnoses and treatment plans as appropriate, and prescribes medications and monitors responses to medications and adjusting accordingly
• Documents clinic, admission H & P, progress notes, and discharge summaries if applicable, and notifies attending physician of significant problems
• Performs medical rounds to evaluate pertinent progress of hospitalized patients
• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary
• Recognizes and responds to emergency situations
• Counsels and instructs patients in preventive care and health issues
• Performs minor surgical procedures
• Orders medical devices as necessary
• Attends in-service training programs on various health care services and treatment in conformance with mandated licensure requirements
• Provides education and/or instruction to various health care staff members
• Educates patients and guardians regarding disease process
• Communicates to outside agency health care staff and community providers significant changes in patient well-being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities
• Involved with practice building and community outreach
• Performs all related duties as required

• Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states
• Knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions
• Physical assessment skills; counseling skills; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills
• Ability to perform invasive procedures
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to formulate plans of care
• Decision‑making ability

• Registered Nurse, and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or a Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program
• Connecticut Controlled Substance license and DEA license
• Valid license to practice Advance Practice Nursing or Physician Assistant in the State of Connecticut
• Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration for Practitioners issued by the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
• United States Drug Enforcement Administration Registration issued by the United States Federal Government
• Eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. 1320a‑7b(f)
• NCCPA certification as applicable
• Complete 100 hours of CME every two years
• Ability to travel
• BLS Certification by the American Heart Association
• Advanced Practitioner Hematology/Oncology experience

Hourly Rate: $125.00

The University of Connecticut Health Center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.