Job Description

The Advance Practitioner is responsible for overseeing the infusion care provided by nurses within the physician based ambulatory infusion center, as well as creating and maintaining plans of care for all patients referred to the infusion center.

The Advance Practitioner provides support to nurses administering the infusions and evaluates patient’s needs during infusions as needed.

The Advance Practitioner acts as the primary clinical conduit between the referring physician’s office and the infusion center.

This individual provides safe, effective, and compassionate care that is consistent with State and Federal regulations and Company policies, procedures and guidelines and within his/her scope of practice.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews and evaluates clinical information provided by referring physician offices and admits appropriate patients for infusion.

• Evaluates newly referred patients and develops initial plans of care, making necessary changes if needed.

• Performs pertinent physicals exams with assessment of normal and abnormal findings on new patients and confirms suitability for infusion.

• Reviews all lab reports provided by the referring physician.

• Requests diagnostic and lab studies of the referring physician upon evaluation of the patient as needed.

• Dictates or documents notes/orders in the electronic medical record.

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