Instructor/APP - Hospitalist Nocturnist
About the Job
OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital, one of the nation's top ranked children's hospitals according to US News & World Report, is seeking multiple Nocturnist Hospitalists (at .75 to 1.0 FTE) to work in the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division. Full-time nocturnists work an average of 9-10 nights per month (113 nights per year). PHO nocturnists ensure safe, high quality, efficient, and patient-centered management of patient care for the pediatric hematology/oncology population. This includes: completing a comprehensive assessment of the patient's status; developing, monitoring and revising, as appropriate, an evidence-based treatment plan that addresses diagnoses, patterns of disease, risk factors, and treatment alternatives; treating many common acute and chronic health problems; interpreting diagnostic tests; prescribing and managing medications and other therapies; providing patient education with an emphasis on anticipatory guidance and risks of complications of therapy.
OHSU values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment as an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion to apply.
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About Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Doernbecher Children's Hospital is located in Portland, Oregon. As Oregon's only academic health center, we strive to offer the very best medical care to every child across Oregon, Southwest Washington and beyond. We have more specialists in children's health than anywhere else in the state and serve as the region's tertiary and quaternary referral center. We offer the newest and most advanced treatments available and are a world-class health research center for basic, clinical, and translational research.
About Portland
Bisected by the Willamette River, Portland is a vibrant city nestled among green woods and waterways. Only 90 minutes from the spectacular Oregon coast or towering Mount Hood, Portland offers the rare accessibility of snow-to-surf. Home to award-winning wineries, artisan coffee shops, acclaimed restaurants, extensive bike paths, unique brewpubs, professional soccer and basketball teams, a vibrant theater scene, expansive book stores, watersports communities, and one of the largest urban forests in the United States, Portland offers something for everyone. All without sales tax and in a mild climate. It's no wonder Portland constantly ranks as one of America's favorite lifestyle cities.
Required Qualifications
Current APP for the state of Oregon and completion of pediatric residency program.
1. Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Experience as a provider to the pediatric hematology-oncology population.
- Demonstrated ability to satisfy standards of performance delineated by law and associated professional practice standards, the latter set forth as an addendum to the position description.
- Ability to manage heavy workload with multiple priorities and inflexible deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Proficient in the use of computing hardware and software, including personal computing equipment, electronic medical record, word processing.
- Regular and consistent attendance at work.
2. Compliance:
- Code of conduct
- Respect in the workplace
- Applicable law, policies, procedures, positions certifying agencies and agreements related to position, department, or OHSU as a whole
3. Working Conditions:
- The Nocturnist Hospitalist will work 8-12 nights (5:00 pm until 7:15 am) per month in the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (PHO) inpatient unit. The shift will begin with face-to-face handoff covering all PHO hospitalized patients to the nocturnist from the daytime inpatient providers; the shift will end with brief handoff from nocturnist to daytime providers.
4. Physical Requirements/Demands of the Position:
- Standing: On concrete, vinyl, or carpeting several hours per shift and intermittently.
- Sitting: Chair or stool continuous up to 8 hours per day and intermittently.
- Walking: Inermittently several hours per day on concrete, vinyl, and carpeting.
- Lifting: Minimal
- Bending: Minimal
- Reaching/Handling: Fine manipulation, repetitive, gross motor requiring full ROM in upper extremeties, including overhead reaching.
- Twisting: All range of motion required, intermittent periods, throughout the shift.