Description
This position is primarily responsible for helping patients during all stages of cancer diagnosis and treatment. An Oncologist specializes in diagnosing, treating, and studying all forms of cancer and cancerous tumors. Many practicing oncologists divide their time between research and study and direct patient care. In addition to helping patients with treatable forms of cancer, they are also called upon to care for terminally ill cancer patients by providing treatments and medications to ease pain during the disease’s final stages.
Schedule: 2-3 days a week
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Consulting with patients and their referring physicians to determine treatment plans that have been attempted in the patient’s history.
- Completing examinations including physical exams, biopsies, fluid and tissue samples, and x-rays.
- Discussing treatment options with patients including both surgical and non-surgical treatment options.
- Completing all case and chart notes including treatment plans and test results.
- Attending trainings, workshops, and conferences to keep informed of the latest cancer treatment methods and options.
- Working with other medical professionals as part of the patient’s treatment team.
- Attending any mandatory meetings.
- Being available for on-call.
- Available to work certain weekends.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
COMPETENCIES:
- To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Communication – Communicates well (written and verbal), delivers presentations, and has good listening skills.
- Computer Skills- Skilled with computers, takes advantage of new technology, learns new tools quickly, and uses technology to enhance job performance.
- Dependability – Meets deadlines, works independently, is accountable, maintains focus, is punctual, good attendance records.
- Ethics – Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
- Initiative – Takes action, seeks new opportunities, and strives to see projects to completion.
- Interpersonal Skills - Builds strong relationships, is flexible, adaptable, works well with others, and solicits feedback.
- Job Knowledge – Understands facets of the job, is aware of duties and responsibilities, and keeps job knowledge current.
- Productivity – Manages workload, works efficiently, and meets goals and objectives.
- Quality – Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve product/services.
- Self-Development – Looks for opportunities to increase knowledge, works to increase responsibility, and strives to achieve personal goals.
- Teamwork – Accountable to team, works to meet established deliverables, appreciates view of the team members, respectful.
- Customer Service – Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, and strives to solve issues raised by customers.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
- Doctoral or professional degree. 4-5 years of experience in the medical field.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. Ability to understand oncology medical coding.
REASONING ABILITY:
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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