Physician Assistant-Medical Oncology

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