Nurse Practitioner
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join our Inpatient Hematology team in Duarte, CA. We are searching for candidates with oncology experience, but will consider applicants with other relevant experience. If you have a passion to care for oncology patients, we encourage you to apply for this role
As a successful candidate, you will:
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Utilize the City of Hope nursing process in clinical practice.
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Assume responsibility for independent, direct medical management of a defined patient population, according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician advisor or supervising physician.
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Perform physical examinations applying the medical model and nursing process to patient care problems that require medical intervention and skill.
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Develop and follow protocols/standardized procedures for practice for Nurse Practitioners in the department.
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Assist in developing methods and systems for provision of medical care and overall department operations.
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Maintain open lines of communication with the physician and multidisciplinary health team regarding patient information.
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Develop and implement patient education activities; provides education and counseling to patients.
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Develop and participate in performance improvement activities to evaluate the program's effectiveness in meeting patient care and departmental needs.
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Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reviewing current literature, attending in-service meetings, and workshops.
