Staff Position Description
Position Title: Oncology Physician Assistant Position Code: PA-6180
Department: Cancer Center Safety Sensitive: YES
Reports to: Director, Cancer Center Administration Exempt Status: YES
Position Purpose:
All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI's vision of providing the region's best clinical care and patient service through an environment that fosters respect for others and pride in performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Examines patients and establishes diagnoses by patient history, physical examination, and other criteria in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Provides appropriate patient instruction and/or consultation with family or significant other, as needed.
- Orders, performs, and interprets laboratory, radiographic, and other diagnostic tests.
- Identifies, develops, implements, and evaluates a patient centered plan of care to promote, maintain and restore health.
- Offers counseling and education to meet patient needs.
- Prescribes, dispenses, and administers medication according to applicable Federal and State statutes, rules, and regulations.
- Refers and consults with appropriate health care providers.
- Complies with all regulatory, organizational, and departmental statutes, policies, and procedures.
- Documents patient charts accurately and timely.
- Attends and actively participates in committees, staff meetings, and marketing activities.
- Have a caring, positive attitude.
- Delegates appropriately to support staff.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others.
- Ability to maintain attention to detail.
Clinic Specific Responsibilities:
- Develops and maintains oncology and hematology knowledge to treat patients safely and accurately with the most current oncology/hematology evidenced-based practices.
- Collaborates well with all members of oncology team.
Qualifications
Education: Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited program
Licensure:
- Current Arizona PA license
- Current DEA license
Certification:
- NCCPA Certification Required
- BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Clinic Specific Requirements:
Education:
- 12 oncology-related CMEs required each calendar year
- Initial Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program training to be completed within the first 6 months of hire and ongoing training, as required, to meet clinical trials requirements
Preferences
Experience:
- Minimum of two years of experience in oncology/hematology practice
Special Position Requirements
Exposure Categories:
- Category I: Expected duties have routine potential for exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues
- Other potential hazard(s): possible exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive substances; possible exposure to hostile individuals
Work Requirements
- Must be capable of consistently reaching and or working above and below shoulder level
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to walk or being on feet 80% of the time per day with frequent bending, squatting, kneeling, standing
- Ability to sit at computer terminal at least 20% of the time per day
- Ability to communicate using telephone