Advanced Practice Provider - Surgery In​/Outpatient

Description

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care to patients within the assigned surgical oncology specialty as a member of a physician-led healthcare team. The APP supports continuity across the surgical episode of care by performing preoperative evaluations and optimization, reviewing diagnostic and clinical findings, coordinating surgical preparation, and assisting in the operating room as assigned and credentialed.

Providing first- or second-assisting coverage, supporting procedural workflow and specimen communication, and completing applicable orders and documentation. Postoperatively, the APP participates in patient handoffs, rounds on hospitalized patients, monitors recovery, manages symptoms and complications in collaboration with the surgeon, coordinates discharge and follow-up, and provides outpatient postoperative care. All surgical duties are performed under the direction of the supervising or collaborating physician and in accordance with the APP’s scope of practice, collaborative practice agreement, clinical privileges, demonstrated competencies, and organizational policies.

The APP also supports patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, care coordination, education, health promotion, quality improvement, and research initiatives.

Oncology APP is dedicated to assisting patients and their families as they cope with various forms of cancer. The Oncology APP is trained to manage the physical and psychological needs of the oncology patient and his or her family. They will provide primary, acute or tertiary care in a variety of medical settings including but not limited to private practice, hospitals, cancer care centers, and palliative care centers.

They may also work collaboratively with educational programs on cancer prevention and similar topics.

• Provide assigned inpatient service coverage, including daily patient rounding, evaluation and management of hospitalized patients, coordination of care with the interdisciplinary team.
• Operating room coverage and perioperative support in collaboration with the supervising physician. Operating room responsibilities may include conducting preoperative patient evaluations, reviewing diagnostic results and confirming readiness for surgery, assisting with patient positioning and procedural preparation, serving as first or second assistant during surgical procedures as credentialed, supporting specimen handling and communication, placing orders and completing operative documentation, participating in postoperative handoffs, and coordinating immediate postoperative care, follow-up, and discharge planning within the APP’s scope of practice and granted privileges.
• Conduct comprehensive and episodic health history reviews and physical assessments of oncology patients with acute, chronic, and/or complex health conditions.
• Assist with specialty-specific procedures and treatments, as applicable to the assigned practice area.
• Establish medical diagnoses and treatment plans in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Assess, monitor, and manage treatment‑related symptoms, supportive care needs, and patient response to therapy.
• Write orders within the limits of the applicable collaborative practice agreement and scope of practice, including medications, supportive therapies, diagnostic imaging, laboratory testing, procedures, and other specialty‑specific treatments.
• Coordinate and facilitate patient care across the continuum of oncology services.
• Provide clinical guidance and direction to nursing and clinical support staff regarding patient care issues.
• Communicate effectively with referring providers, primary care providers, specialists, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Provide assigned outpatient clinic coverage and manage an independent clinical practice within the APP’s scope of practice, granted privileges, and collaborative practice agreement. Outpatient responsibilities may include conducting new-patient consultations and established-patient follow‑up visits; completing focused and comprehensive assessments; reviewing laboratory, imaging,…