The successful applicant will be an Advanced Practice Provider interested in providing primary medical treatment, patient management, and critical care, in collaboration with licensed Oncologists, to diagnose outpatient oncology patients.
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salaried/Exempt
Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Scheduled Work Hours/Shift: Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm
Patient Population Focus: Outpatient
Patient Population Age Range: 18 years and older
Required Training and Experience
Required Minimum Training: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an APRN as noted below.
Physician Assistant
or
APRN License Type/Certification:
Required Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience in Hematology/Oncology
Preferred Training and Experience
Physician Assistant
or
APRN
Preferred Experience: Prior Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant experience highly preferred
Degree of Supervision
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.
Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations
Job Duties
Physical Requirements
Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking, and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions. Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see, and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors. Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.
MUSC Health - Kershaw Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare system providing a range of diagnostic, medical, surgical, rehabilitation, and post-acute care services. It includes the 119-bed Medical Center in Camden, Outpatient Center and Urgent Care at Elgin, West Wateree Medical Complex in Lugoff, a sleep diagnostics center, and home health and hospice program. Throughout its more than 100 years of service to the community, its mission remains the same: to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research, and patient care.
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MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering transformational patient care and leading-edge treatment while training generations of innovative and compassionate health care leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. At MUSC Health, we empower our providers to transform expertise, learning and discovery into unrivaled patient-centered care, and to demonstrate our values of Compassion, Teamwork, Diversity, Accountability, and Innovation in everything we do.
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