Nurse Practitioner - Washington Health

Job Description

This Nurse Practitioner (NP) position is assigned to the Washington Health Cancer Center. In collaboration with the supervising physician and the administrative supervisor, the NP provides comprehensive care to patients with cancer who are receiving active treatment, patients in cancer survivorship, and patients with benign hematologic conditions. The NP delivers evidence-based clinical care, including assessment and management of treatment-related toxicities, oncologic emergencies, symptom management, survivorship care, and benign hematologic disorders. Responsibilities also include patient education, care coordination, triage, diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning in collaboration with the oncology team, and other duties as assigned to support the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. 

 The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is an accredited National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center. The NCI-Designation recognizes the scientific leadership, resources, and the depth and breadth of the research in basic, clinical, and population science. As a Comprehensive Cancer Center, we demonstrate the added depth and breadth of research as well as substantial transdisciplinary research that bridges these scientific areas. The clinical services encompass adult and pediatric tumors across three campuses as well as regional satellite locations. The clinical cancer program is one of the largest clinical services at UCSF Medical Center and encompasses roughly 230 non-physician FTEs, 100+ cost centers, and dozens of grant and philanthropic funding sources. At the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, we are truly pioneering care and leaders in all areas of cancer clinical care and research. We are consistently ranked as one of the top 10 programs by U.S. News and World Report.