Advance Practice Provider (APRN or Physician Assistant) Sarcoma Medical Oncology

UT MD Anderson is a leading institution focused on cancer care, research, education, and prevention. The Advanced Practice Provider or Physician Assistant (APP or PA) role supports Sarcoma Medical Oncology through comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical care, patient management, care coordination, research collaboration, and administrative activities.

As an APP or PA at UT MD Anderson delivers high-quality patient care across multiple settings while partnering with physicians, researchers, and interdisciplinary teams. The APP or PA contributes to exceptional patient outcomes through clinical expertise, communication, documentation, and continuous professional development.

At UT MD Anderson, this role offers the opportunity to directly impact patient care while supporting one of the nation's leading cancer centers. Team members collaborate with multidisciplinary experts, contribute to research and innovation, advance professional knowledge through continuing education, and play a critical role in improving outcomes for patients and families while maintaining a rewarding and meaningful career.

• 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.

• Conduct inpatient rounds with attending physicians and communicate pertinent clinical information based on physical examination and review of patient data
• Manage daily patient problems and emergency situations and document actions implemented and their resolution
• Complete admission histories and physicals, consultation notes, daily progress notes, and discharge summaries in compliance with institutional and departmental guidelines
• Request consultations and communicate with other services, caregivers, and outside providers to coordinate patient care
• Coordinate discharge planning activities
• Order medications, treatments, and diagnostic tests within delegated prescriptive authority and institutional policies
• Perform advanced patient care therapeutic procedures, including removal of arterial catheters

• Evaluate patients and communicate pertinent clinical information based on patient history, physical examination, and review of clinical data
• Dictate PMEs, histories and physicals, consultation notes, clinic notes, and telephone notes into the medical record according to guidelines
• Facilitate appointments and diagnostic testing for new and consultation patients
• Coordinate urgent hospital admissions and emergency room referrals
• Assist with management of unscheduled clinic patients
• Facilitate scheduling of specialized procedures and tests, including CVC insertions, echocardiograms, image-guided biopsies and aspirations, fine needle aspirations, arterial infusions, and embolizations
• Monitor and follow up on laboratory results, diagnostic imaging studies, pathology reports, and other testing outcomes
• Request consultations and coordinate care with internal services and external providers
• Order medications, treatments, and tests within delegated prescriptive authority and institutional guidelines

• Collaborate with research teams on clinical protocol design, order set development, review activities, and protocol‑related event management
• Assess patients for protocol eligibility and identify potential study candidates
• Evaluate symptoms, side effects, and toxicities related to standard therapies and investigational studies
• Participate in clinical research through database completion, medical record review, and patient or family interviews
• Collaborate with medical staff, research nurses, and other healthcare professionals to support research initiatives
• Deliver medical…