Advanced Practice Provider; APRN or PA - Investigational Cancer Therapeutics

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse & Physician Assistant at UT MD Anderson is responsible for performing complex clinical and research‐related tasks across outpatient and inpatient settings. The role supports patient care delivered clinically, administratively, and academically within ICT, providing evaluation, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of patients enrolled on research protocols while supporting multidisciplinary care delivery.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to patient care and clinical research at UT MD Anderson by combining advanced clinical practice with protocol‑driven research responsibilities.

• Employer‑paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
• Defined‑benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer‑paid life and reduced salary protection programs.

This is an outpatient position with a Monday through Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Perform, dictate, and document complete history and physical examinations.
• Evaluate and manage scheduled and unscheduled follow‑up clinic patients.
• Perform advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including bone marrow aspirations and biopsies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary patient care within and outside UT MD Anderson.
• Assist with referrals to other services for evaluation or management.
• Provide continuity of care through clinic visits, telephone, or other communications.
• Present patient problems and plans of care to supervising physician(s).
• Prescribe medications, order diagnostic tests, and delegate patient management tasks as directed.
• Assist in inpatient admissions and daily follow‑up.
• Complete medical verification, disability, insurance, and medical status forms as directed by faculty or physicians.
• Participate in education of students and staff.

• Assume responsibility for effective operation of research protocols in collaboration with the principal investigator, sponsor, and research nurse; assess patients for protocol eligibility, coordinate, evaluate, and follow patient participation in clinical trials. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team as necessary. Provide documentation in the patient’s medical record or recruitment log per protocol and institutional requirements. Identify and develop methods of patient recruitment.
• Assist the primary investigator in collection and evaluation of data. Evaluate response to treatment, treatment toxicities, and adverse drug reactions and report appropriately to the principal investigator, the Institutional Review Board, and the study sponsor. Provide protocol summary reports as requested.
• Participate in protocol‑specific clinical tasks as needed. Identify and provide patient and family educational needs regarding treatment management, evaluation, and follow‑up in clinical trials through in‑person discussion, telephone communication, and/or written educational materials.
• Order protocol‑related tests, procedures, and consults and obtain pathology slides and blocks as needed.
• Provide professional and ancillary staff education concerning research protocols by written and/or computerized directions to hospital and/or clinic staff as each new protocol is introduced. Provide accurate information as required to the multidisciplinary team, consumers, and professional public organizations. Keep current concerning oncology and data management issues through reading and/or attending meetings and in‑services.

• Maintain age‑specific competencies for early adult, middle adult, and late adult patient age groups as described in the MDACC Age Specific Competency Policy.
• Attend continuing medical education activities required for certification and licensure.
• Maintain…