Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

• Department:

  81018-Neag Cancer Center JDH

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

  1

• Search #:

  2027-238

• Closing Date:

  09/22/2026

• Recruiter:

  McNamara, Elizabeth

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
• This position is in salary group UHP-18; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan

UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with a passion for patient experience. This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services. This PA/APRN will work in the Neag Cancer Center Hematology Oncology

$10,000 Sign on bonus for new hires

SCHEDULE: Full time 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, four 10-hour shifts, variable days.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care

• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team

• Takes medical histories, examines patients, orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests; formulates diagnoses and treatment plans as appropriate, and prescribes medications and monitors responses to medications and adjusting accordingly

• Documents clinic, admission H & P, progress notes, and discharge summaries if applicable, and notifies attending physician of significant problems

• Performs medical rounds to evaluate pertinent progress of hospitalized patients

• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary

• Recognizes and responds to emergency situations

• Counsels and instructs patients in preventive care and health issues

• Performs minor surgical procedures

• Orders medical devices as necessary

• Attends in-service training programs on various health care services and treatment in conformance with mandated licensure requirements

• Provides education and/or instruction to various health care staff members

• Educates patients and guardians regarding disease process

• Communicates to outside agency health care staff and community providers significant changes in patient well-being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities

• May serve on hospital committees

• Involved with practice building and community outreach

• Performs all related duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES :

• Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology.

• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states;

• knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions.

• Physical assessment skills; counseling skills; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to perform invasive procedures.

• Ability to work independently.

• Ability to work under pressure. Ability to formulate plans of care.

• Decision making ability.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

• Registered Nurse, and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or a Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.

• Connecticut Controlled Substance license and DEA license

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain a valid license to practice Advance Practice Nursing or Physician Assistant in the State of Connecticut

PREFERRED REQUIREMENT: Hematology/Oncology experience

WHY UCONN HEALTH

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow