Overview:

• The Advanced Practice Provider, Oncology (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) is an integral member of the oncology care team, responsible for providing comprehensive and compassionate care to a diverse population of patients seeking oncology services.
• The APP performs a variety of functions including assessment, diagnosis, and intervention within their scope of practice.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests and imaging results.
• Provides ongoing evaluation of patients’ response to treatment and adjusts care plans as indicated.
• Educates patients and families regarding disease processes, treatment options, side effects, and supportive care.
• Participates in clinical rounds, tumor boards, and interdisciplinary care conferences.
• Involved in lung cancer screening program, lung cancer clinic, and rapid diagnostic clinic.
• Performs ongoing communication and works to promote quality of care through collaboration with physicians, advanced practice providers, and other care team members, patients and families.
• Demonstrates service excellence and accountability through recognizing the direct relationship between cost-effective and efficient provision of care and services including the impact of access to care.

Qualifications:

• Licensed to provide either advanced practice nursing services in the State of Illinois as issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Nurse Practice Act OR physician assistant services as issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in accordance with the Illinois Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
• Licensed by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and State of Illinois for prescribing of narcotics.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, hospital environment while maintaining patient-centered focus.
• Oncology Experience and an Oncology Nursing Certification are preferred.

OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Total Rewards:

OSF HealthCare is dedicated to providing Mission Partners with a comprehensive and market-competitive total rewards package that includes benefits, compensation, recognition, and well-being offerings that focus on the whole person and engage with their current stage of life and career. Click here to learn more about benefits and the total rewards at OSF.

Benefits & Perks:

OSF HealthCare offers a comprehensive Compensation and Total Rewards Package which includes:

• Generous paid time off!

• Vacation and holiday time off to get away and recharge.
• Well-being time for self-care, mission trips, or whatever makes you happy!
• Sick leave for you or to care for an ill-family member.

• CME time and dollars
• Health, life, dental, and retirement plans
• Paid occurrence-based malpractice.
• Concierge relocation services
• Student Loan repayment counseling
• Clinical base hourly pay range for this position: $60.39-$68.10. This is a salaried position.
• Range shown should be used as an estimate and can be impacted by many factors including but not limited to the critical need of the position, overall experience and qualifications, community need, and other considerations. Additional compensation components may be applicable such as bonuses or incentives which may or may not be based on metric achievement.

OSF Healthcare Cancer Institute

• The Cancer Institute welcomed our first patient in February 2024. We estimate that this 200,000 square foot modern building will serve 3,700 cancer patients annually.
• Patients will find infusion facilities, dietary guidance, diagnostic testing, cancer support services, surgery and radiation therapy all on campus.
• Our cancer experts collaborate to develop a tailored treatment plan to meet patients’ medical and emotional needs. We focus on the whole person, providing a patient-centered experience.
• We are home to the OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center, where we provide people battling difficult-to-treat cancers access to the most promising medical breakthroughs, novel therapies and clinical trials from around the world.
• Accreditation include American College of Surgeons - Commission on Cancer (CoC), National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a national program overseen by the American College of Surgeons.
• Recognition of excellence by National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), American College of Radiography in breast ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), mammography, MRI, nuclear medicine and ultrasound