Advanced Practice Provider, Surgical Oncology - Lancaster General Health

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Position Description:

Practice the highest level of oncology as part of one of the country’s best community cancer institutes, which is part of Penn Medicine, home to the NCI-designated Abramson Cancer Center.

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is seeking a full-time motivated Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to join our Surgical Oncology Team within our cancer institute in Lancaster, PA. The Surgical Oncology team provides patient centered care and oncology treatments for their patients as well as genetic testing and counseling for high-risk patients. Join the area’s leading oncology experts, advanced technology, and an array of services to guide and support our Surgical Oncology patients through the continuum of care. This APP clinic role will help support our colorectal and GI surgical oncology patients through a continuum of care starting at diagnosis, surgery, through survivorship. The APP clinic role will also help support our breast surgical oncology patients through a survivorship clinic model, working in tandem with surgical and medical oncology providers.

Our providers practice in a single location at Penn Medicine’s Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute (ABBCI), a 90,000 square foot state-of-the-art cancer center that provides medical, surgical, radiation, and palliative oncology under one roof. Our warm, light-filled, modern cancer institute includes 60 infusion chairs, 53 examination rooms, 4 linear accelerators, brachytherapy, and the nation's first Cyber-knife M6 and the da Vinci ® Surgical System. Our new state-of-the-art proton therapy facility opened in Fall 2022, becoming the second site in Pennsylvania to offer innovative radiation therapy to cancer patients.

Hours: Full-time, Monday – Friday, primarily 8:00 - 5:00pm. No weekends or holidays. No on-call.

Position Requirements:

Nurse Practitioner:
• Valid Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner license and Certificate of Prescriptive Authority in Pennsylvania.
• Certification by ANCC or other qualifying agency in area of specialty (FNP certification).
• Valid Pennsylvania Registered Nurse licensure.
• At least 1+ years of APP experience preferred.

Physician Assistant:
• Current licensure as a Physician Assistant by PA Board of Medicine.
• Graduate of Accredited Physician Assistant training program.
• At least 1+ years of APP experience required.

Why Penn Medicine?
• Featured as a Forbes Top Employer
• Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of PSLF eligibility, strong retirement, dependent tuition benefit, CME and time off programs
• Onboarding/orientation program designed for individual education and support, including EMR training
• Employee wellness resources and work/life programs including active efforts to reduce in-basket burden and after-hours clinical work
• Access to in-system referrals for patients
• Networking and connection to colleagues across all specialties throughout Penn Medicine

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.