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University of Utah PS Nurse Practitioner in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
The University of Utah Department of Surgery is seeking an Advanced Practice Clinicians to work as night time inpatient hospitalists caring for surgical oncology patients at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital.General:Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah are respectively, an NCI funded Comprehensive Cancer Center and nationally top-10 ranked academic medical center in quality, safety and accountability by Vizient, Inc. (formerly the University Health System Consortium).As a patient-focused academic organization, Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah Health Sciences exist to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. With a Vision of: Passionate individuals and teams, delivering a cancer-free frontier through scientific discovery and human touch. Success in this vision requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks faculty and staff who are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, and quality and trust that are integral to our mission.The Department of Surgery at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Hospital highly values Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC) in our clinical operations in both inpatient and ambulatory practice. The Departments oncologic services lines are looking for an Advanced Practice Clinician (NP/PA) who is a patient focused, self-motivated provider who has the ability to work effectively in an academic team environment. Our APCs are an important member of our team and work collaboratively with the team physicians. In addition to working in a world class institution with excellent benefits, there is ongoing education, practice standards guided by evidence-based research, and opportunities for project and research involvement.Job Summary:The Department of Surgery, in collaboration with the Huntsman Cancer Hospital Oncology surgeons group, located primarily at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, is seeking advanced practice clinicians to join the team. These APCs will function as nighttime hospitalists providing inpatient care for the Department of Surgerys admitted cancer patients. The APC will have responsibilities for preliminary nighttime patient assessments, triage of questions and care requests from nursing, communication with the primary team, initial review of new surgical consults in collaboration with the admitting attending surgeon.