Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant | Interventional Pulmonology | Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center | Downtown

Job Summary

Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, located in beautiful Northeast Florida, is actively seeking a skilled and compassionate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic Interventional Pulmonology team.

Baptist MD Anderson is a premier cancer center that combines the strengths of the region’s most preferred healthcare provider, Baptist Health, with the renowned cancer care expertise of MD Anderson Cancer Center. As one of only seven health systems in the country selected to replicate MD Anderson’s proven model of care, we offer providers the best of both worlds: academic-caliber oncology care within a patient-centered, community-based setting. In support of our mission, we recently opened a 330,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility dedicated solely to oncology care—designed to enhance the patient experience and foster interdisciplinary collaboration.

Position Overview

The Advanced Practice Provider in the interventional pulmonology department plays a central role in the comprehensive evaluation and longitudinal management of patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary procedures. This role includes work-up and risk stratification of patients requiring bronchoscopy and other interventional diagnostics, lung cancer screening and surveillance, smoking cessation counseling, and inpatient consultation. The APP provides pre- and post-procedural care, ensures continuity across inpatient and outpatient settings, and collaborates closely with interventional pulmonologists and the multidisciplinary team to optimize patient outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Outpatient Care:
  • Manage patients independently in clinic, including pre procedural, cancer surveillance, and urgent issues.
  • Perform outpatient procedures such as ultrasound-guided thoracentesis and chest tube removal.
  • Collaborate with RNs to triage post-procedural concerns and patient messages.
  • Complete clinic notes, orders, and referrals in a timely manner.
  • Participate in weekly tumor boards and work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Inpatient Responsibilities:
  • Evaluate and present new interventional pulmonology consults in coordination with the supervising physician.
• Procedural:
  • Perform clinic and inpatient beside thoracentesis, chest tube placements and removals.
  • Complete preprocedural H&Ps, notes and orders as required.
  • Support interventional pulmonology procedures as needed.
• Hours: Monday- Friday
• Call: Some rotating night and weekend call responsibilities, including weekend rounding on the consultative service for interventional pulmonology, as well as home call coverage for the interventional pulmonology service.

Education Required

Education Preferred

MS

Experience

License and Certification

• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - State Nursing Boards
• Registered Nurse Certified (RNC) - NCC
• Licensed Physician Assistant (PA) - Board of Medicine
• Driver's License - DMV
• Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) - NCCPA

Location

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