Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Breast and Melanoma Surgical Oncology

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

129d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant works both independently and in collaboration with surgical consultants, fellows/residents, nursing and other staff to provide high quality outpatient care in a busy Breast and Melanoma surgical practice. The APP is responsible for performing independent preoperative assessment, coordination of patient care, and patient management for breast and melanoma surgical patients in both the preoperative and postoperative outpatient setting. Time is spent both in independent clinic and in clinic with the surgeons in a collaborative setting. Provision of care includes, but is not limited to: comprehensive physical assessment, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and educating and counseling patients and their families. The APP will work alongside another Breast and Melanoma surgery APP and multiple surgical APPs providing care in the outpatient clinic. The APP will also work very closely with our colleagues in Plastic Surgery, Medical Oncology, and Radiation Oncology. This position is 100% outpatient clinic practice with no call, holidays or weekends.

Responsibilities

performing independent preoperative assessment
coordination of patient care
patient management for breast and melanoma surgical patients in both the preoperative and postoperative outpatient setting
comprehensive physical assessment
ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests
performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
educating and counseling patients and their families