Advanced Practice Provider- GI

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A REWARDING CAREER WITH A GROWING AND DYNAMIC TEAM? CONSIDER UCBC. At University Cancer & Blood Center, we pride ourselves on listening. On providing hope, guidance, and comfort. On getting up each day and striving to make a positive impact on the lives of patients and their families. From our front-desk staff to our counselors, nurses, technicians and physicians – who’ve chosen to accept their calling, we salute them for their efforts and recognize them as the very special individuals that they are.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO JOIN US? IF SO WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU!

• Key Responsibilities:
  
  Patient Consultations - Perform comprehensive history and physical exams for new and returning GI patients.
• Condition Management:
  Manage and treat common GI disorders.
• Diagnostic Ordering:
  Order, interpret, and explain diagnostic tests like lab panels, imaging, and stool studies.
• Pre & Post-Procedure Care:
  Educate patients, obtain consent, and review medication instructions before/after procedures like endoscopies and colonoscopies.
• Prescriptive Authority:
  Write and renew prescriptions, manage biologic therapies, and coordinate intravenous (IV) infusion therapies.

• Education:
  
  Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) for NPs;
  Master's degree for PAs.
• Licensure:
  Valid and unrestricted NP or PA state license.
• Core Skills Clinical
  
  Competency:
  
  Ability to perform GI-focused physical assessments and interpret liver function tests, imaging, and biopsy results.
• Communication:
  High-level empathy and communication skills.

University Cancer & Blood Center has been Northeast Georgia’s leading cancer and hematology treatment center for over 40 years. Our highly skilled medical professionals, whose backgrounds include working at the nation’s leading cancer centers, provide every patient with the most advanced cancer care available in an atmosphere of care and compassion.