Physician Assistant - Medical Oncology

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, andtreatment facilitiesin Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join the Medical Oncology team in our Newport Beach clinic. This dynamic role focuses on providing expert care for patients with breast cancer, as well as general medical oncology and survivorship cases, in collaboration with our attending medical oncologists. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a supportive, patient-centered environment that prioritizes both cutting-edge treatment and holistic care.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Utilizes the City of Hope nursing process in clinical practice.

• Assumes responsibility for independent, direct medical management of a defined patient population, according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician advisor or supervising physician.

• Performs physical examinations applying the medical model and nursing process to patient care problems that require medical intervention and skill. Strives to maintain consistency of quality patient care.

• Develops and follows protocols/standardized procedures for practice for Physician Assistant in the department.

• Maintains open lines of communication with the physician and multidisciplinary health team regarding patient information.

• Under supervision of a physician advisor, performs initial and interval physical assessment for evaluation of patient progress, applying techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion to determine plan of care.

• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings, consulting with physician advisor/supervising physician when indicated, evaluates, diagnoses and manages certain illnesses and conditions, orders appropriate laboratory studies, identifies appropriate pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic interventions, refers or consults with other physicians within City of Hope Medical Foundation.

• Develops and implements patient education activities; provides education and counseling to patients.

Your qualifications should include:

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with a master's degree as a Physician Assistant.
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner
• Oncology experience preferred
• Current California Physician Assistant License and/or Nurse Practitioner license and furnishing license
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification, required.
• Current American Heart Association ACLS certification, required.
• Must have a current DEA.
• $119,000 to $213,000

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.