As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you. Duke Advanced Practice Highlights: The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country. The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs. Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke. Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research. Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina. Job Location Duke University Hospital Job Summary Hematology is searching for an APP to assist with the hospitalized hematology consult patient service. The APP will round daily on the hematology consult service team which will improve communication with consulting services and patients. The utilization of an APP as part of the consult team within the Division of Hematology would increase the accessibility of care in the hospitalized setting. The current schedule of physicians and fellows in Hematology make daily visits with all consult patients extremely challenging. Incorporating an APP as part of the consult team who understands the nuances of hematology would increase patient and consulting team satisfaction. The APP would be responsible for seeing several new patients each day as well as having a group of follow-up patients seen each day. Efficiency and coordination of patient discharges would improve which in turn would also improve patient satisfaction and safety. Timely and appropriate management of treatment related side effects would also be facilitated by this individual. Job Duties & Responsibilities Daily rounding with the Hematology Consult Service to include presentation of new and follow-up patients as indicated; round with the Hematology attending on patients who need to be seen by the attending; coordinate efforts with the Hematology fellow on service to divide up new Hematology consults who will be followed by the APP; coordinate efforts to provide coverage with the Attending for the Hematology fellow when they are in their outpatient clinic. Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record the data in the patient’s rec
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