Gynecologic Oncology/Complex Gynecology - Advanced Practice Clinician (NP or PA)

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Job Description

The APC will augment a physician's ability to provide medical and surgical services to patients in the clinic setting. The APC will work in collaboration with physicians and staff providing direct patient care services, performing consultations, collecting and documenting data, assisting in diagnostic and therapeutic office-based procedures, and ordering and scheduling laboratory and imaging studies. Primary hours will be Monday through Friday.

Preference for 2 years of ambulatory work experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in OBGYN. Candidates with experience in Medical Oncology and General Surgery may also be considered.

Job Responsibilities

• Care for patients with gynecologic malignancies and complex benign gynecologic conditions such as dysplasia, hyperplasia, and germline genetic mutations, endometriosis, adenomyosis and endometriosis.
• Obtain patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient's record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic-therapeutic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects to the patient.
• Participate in perioperative and postoperative ambulatory care.
• Utilize medical decision making to create an individualized patient plan of care.
• Perform and/or assist with IUD placement/removal and diagnostic/therapeutic procedures such as colposcopy, cervical-vulvar-vaginal biopsies, and endometrial biopsies to aid in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care. Report progress to collaborating physician and maintain record of each patient's progress.
• Assists with prior authorizations and peer-to-peer review for insurance denials of medications/planned surgeries.
• Assists with completion of FMLA/disability papers for post-operative patients.
• Electronically renews appropriate long term medications (i.e. hormonal contraceptives, neuromodulators, NSAIDs, antifungals, etc.)
• Assists/performs counseling, consenting, and collecting data for research projects as they arise.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure clinic coverage as well as timely response to patient and phone messages.
• Participate in teaching students, fellows and residents.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Job Hours

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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