Advanced Practice Provider, Bone and Marrow Transplant

The Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Advanced Practice Provider provides comprehensive, longitudinal care to pediatric and adult patients following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, with a particular focus on survivors of pediatric transplant transitioning into adulthood. This role emphasizes late effects monitoring, chronic condition management, survivorship care planning, and coordination of multidisciplinary care. The APP also performs medical evaluations of healthy related stem cell donors, both pediatric and adult, in close collaboration with transplant program leadership, coordinators, and primary care providers.

• Minimum Education
  Master's Degree Nurse Practitioner
  Master's or Doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner from an accredited program and eligibility for medical staff credentialing required.
  
  Physician Assistant
  Master's or Doctoral degree of Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited program and eligibility for medical staff credentialing required.
  
  Clinical Nurse Specialist
  Master's or Doctorate degree in the clinical specialty area in which they practice from an accredited program and eligibility for medical staff credentialing required.
  (Required)
  
  Minimum Work Experience
  0 years Minimum of 0 years of experience as an Advanced Practice Provider (Required)
  
  Required Skills/Knowledge
  Strong knowledge of clinical specialty and services.
  Demonstrates clinical leadership skills.
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  Required Licenses and Certifications
  Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Nurse Practitioner
  1. Licensure in the state(s) of clinical practice
  2. CDS in state(s) of clinical practice
  3. DEA
  (Required) Or
  Physician Assistant 1. Licensure in the state(s) of clinical practice
  2. CDS in state(s) of clinical practice
  3. DEA
  (Required) Or
  Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Clinical Nurse Specialist
  1. Licensure in the state(s) of clinical practice
  If prescribing controlled substances:
  2. CDS in state(s) of clinical practice
  3. DEA
  (Required) Or
  . Nurse Practitioner
  1. Active national certification with governing body such as PNCB, ANCC, or AANPCB
  2. BLS certification
  (Required)
  Physician Assistant
  1. Active national certification with NCCPA
  2. BLS certification
  (Required)
  (Required)
  Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) (Required)
  

Functional Accountabilities
Clinical

• Assesses, diagnoses, and monitors clinical status of each patient utilizing evidenced based practice and medical knowledge.

• Develops appropriate plan of care.

• Writes patient care orders, prescribes therapy, and provides necessary home care orders as needed.
• Provide comprehensive, longitudinal survivorship care to pediatric and adult posttransplant patients, including management of late effects, chronic conditions, and transition from pediatric to adult care. Maintain a dedicated continuity survivorship clinic, serving as the primary clinical point of contact and coordinating multidisciplinary care using evidencebased survivorship guidelines.
• Develop and implement individualized survivorship care plans, deliver patient and family education, and address psychosocial, developmental, and selfmanagement needs across the lifespan.
• Perform medical evaluations and clearance for healthy related stem cell donors and partner with program leadership on survivorship program development and quality improvement initiatives.

• Identifies significant changes in patient status using physical exam, lab values, diagnostic tests, and patient/family input.

• Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings.

• Performs procedures as needed after obtaining appropriate credentialing.

• Participates in and/ or leads multidisciplinary patient care.

• Is a clinical resource for patient, parents and the interdisciplinary team.

• Appropriately communicates and escalates clinical/administrative issues.

• Collaborates with nursing, medicine, and other members of the healthcare team to regularly ensure quality patient care.

Administrative

• Serves as a clinical preceptor to NP, CNS or PA students.

• Acts as a clinical resource for staff in patient care issues.

• Provides formal/informal educational presentation to staff on areas of expertise.

• Participates and leads quality improvement initiatives in their department.

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met. Escalates to management/leadership if needed to ensure customer concerns are heard and addressed.

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partners with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others' ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contributes to a positive work environment

• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to change

• Identifies opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Makes appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Uses resources efficiently

• Manages financial resources and ensures accuracy of billing practices.

Safety

• Appropriately escalates when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.

• Continuously validates and verifies information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stops in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation using expert resources.

• Demonstrates accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promotes safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attends carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance