Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Augusta, GA

About Us:Wellstar Medical College of Georgia is a leading healthcare institution dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate care and innovative treatments. Our Pediatric Hematology/Oncology department specializes in diagnosing and treating children with blood disorders and cancers, offering state-of-the-art therapies in a family-centered environment.

Position Summary:
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our Pediatric Hematology/Oncology team. The APP will work collaboratively with pediatric hematologists, oncologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality care to children and adolescents with hematologic and oncologic conditions.Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Assesses health status and obtains health/medical history and physical examination. Performs/orders preventive and diagnostic procedures such as bone marrow biopsy, etc., identifying health and medical risk factors. Diagnosis, utilizing critical thinking in the diagnostic process, synthesizing/analyzing collected data, and formulating a differential diagnosis based on the history, physical exam, and diagnostic test results.
• Establishes priorities to meet the health and medical needs of the individual, family, or community. Develops a treatment plan, orders and interprets additional diagnostic tests.
• Prescribes/orders appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Develops patient education plans. Recommends consultation/referrals as appropriate.
• Implements plans for interventions based upon established priorities.
• Maintains a process for systematic follow-up and evaluation of the patient status by determining the effectiveness of the treatment plan with documentation of patient care outcomes.
• Reassesses and modifies plans with the patient and family as necessary to achieve health and medical goals; provides the patient/family counseling regarding health maintenance, promotion, illness/disease management, and medication use and connect patients with appropriate resources for follow-up care. Uses results of the evaluation to make or recommend the process, policy, procedure, or protocol revisions when warranted. Abbreviated Description

Required Minimum Education:

Master's degree in nursing or graduated from an accredited Physician's Assistant program

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• Certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body or Certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

• Current American Heart Association, Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Licensure(s) - Currently licensed as an advanced practice nurse in the state of GA by the Georgia Board of Nursing or licensure to practice medicine from the GA Composite Medical Board
• Must maintain status as a certified APP including completion of all requirements for continuing medical education and re-certification

Required Minimum Experience:

2 years or more of experience in specialized area as a Physician's Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with prior procedure experience

Required Minimum Skills:

• Triage and patient assessment
• Diagnosis and development of treatment
• Specialized in pediatric hospital care
• Previous experience work in a hospital or urgent care setting