Nurse Practitioner - (Casper, WY)

Nurse Practitioner Job Purpose: The Nurse Practitioner provides primary care in collaborative joint practice with the physicians to oncology patients, to improve outcomes for patients with cancer and their families. Required functions: Establishes goals and objects for area in congruence with center's goals and objectives. Ensures that development and intradepartmental policies, procedures, and standards of care are maintained. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care for individual patients. Care for patients in all phases of diagnosis and treatment. Initiates and documents appropriate interventions; prescribes drug therapies per protocol/physician consultation. Assists physicians and performs procedures as needed; conducts patient assessments and provides physician with info prior to seeing the patient. Work together with physicians and others involved with patient treatment to provide comprehensive individualized care during treatment journey.