Nemours Children's Health·Jacksonville, Florida
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care for pediatric hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplant patients. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive assessments, managing treatment plans, and providing extensive education to patients and their families.
Nemours Children’s Health is seeking Advanced Practice Providers to join our Hematology Oncology Team in Jacksonville, Florida!
The incumbent will practice collaboratively with Hematology/Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) physicians and the interdisciplinary care team to provide high-quality care to pediatric transplant and hematology/oncology patients.
Our Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers are experts at treating a wide range of conditions that can negatively impact a child’s comfort and wellbeing. Joining our team means that you will be a part of fostering the healthiest generation of children.
Key Responsibilities
Performs comprehensive assessment of patients and families during inpatient admissions, outpatient visits, transplant evaluations, and follow-up care.
Performs ongoing assessment and evaluation of patient status, treatment response, transplant-related complications, and revises plans of care accordingly.
May use prescriptive authority, if appropriately credentialed, to manage supportive care, symptom management, and treatment-related needs.
Collaborates with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, case managers, and other specialists involved in transplant and oncology care.
Identifies patient and family needs for additional resources and initiates referrals to appropriate services.
Assists in developing and coordinating individualized plans of care for complex hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplant patients.
Documents patient care, treatment plans, transplant progress, and clinical outcomes in the medical record.
Coordinates discharge planning and transitions of care for transplant and oncology patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
Provides patient and family education regarding diagnosis, treatment plans, chemotherapy, transplant processes, medications, symptom management, survivorship, and long-term follow-up care.
Evaluates treatment adherence and patient progress through inpatient management, outpatient visits, and telephone triage as appropriate.
Acts as a patient and family advocate throughout the continuum of cancer and transplant care.
Serves as a liaison between families and members of the transplant and hematology/oncology care teams.
Utilizes advanced clinical knowledge and specialized skills in pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation in accordance with professional practice standards, organizational policies, and applicable regulations.
Promotes evidence-based standards of care within the Hematology/Oncology and BMT programs.
Serves as an educational resource for nursing staff, learners, patients, families, and multidisciplinary team members regarding oncology and transplant-related care.
Collaborates with division leadership and nursing management to monitor and improve quality, patient safety, clinical outcomes, and program performance.
Participates in quality improvement, research, and evidence-based practice initiatives related to pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation.
Maintains current clinical knowledge through participation in specialty education, professional organizations, and continuing education activities.
Demonstrates effective communication skills with patients, families, physicians, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
Participates in departmental and enterprise programs for Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve patient care, operational efficiency, and clinical outcomes.
Demonstrates proficiency in caring for pediatric hematology, oncology, immunotherapy, and stem cell transplant patients across the continuum of care, including inpatient and outpatient settings.
If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.
Learn more at Nemours.org [https://www.nemours.org].
Requires current certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant and valid Florida licensure. BLS certification from the American Heart Association and a Federal DEA registration are also required.
Market context
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