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Physician Assistant Or Nurse Practitioner - Rube Walker Blood Center - Apheresis, Days
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- DescriptionNorthwestern Medicine has an exciting opportunity for either a Physician Assistant or a Nurse Practitioner to work in our Rube Walker Blood Center (RWBC) with a focus on patients who are receiving apheresis or hematologic procedures.
- RWBC is an apheresis unit and infusion suite (for blood products and IVIG).
- The apheresis unit performs stem cell and CAR-T cell collections, CAR-T infusions, photopheresis, and therapeutic apheresis (plasma exchange, red blood cell exchange, and leukoreduction).
- The advanced practice provider (APP) is responsible for inpatient and outpatient apheresis consults: this includes communicating and coordinating plan with the requesting service, obtaining history and physical exam of the patient, providing teaching for patient/ family and obtaining informed consent, developing a treatment plan, and writing orders for the apheresis procedure, communicating the treatment plan with the RWBC nursing staff, and monitoring for complications related to procedure.
- The APP will also be involved in clinical trials conducted in RWBC which would include meeting with investigators and study staff to determine apheresis needs for the clinical trial, and then educating and communicating with RWBC staff the specific requirements of the clinical trial.
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