Vanderbilt Health - Nashville, TN
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Nashville, TN
Hospitals
About the position
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) plays a crucial role in the acute care hospital setting, functioning primarily as a hospitalist. The NP collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to manage the care of acute and complex chronically ill patients, overseeing their treatment from step down to discharge. This position emphasizes evidence-based practice and aims to provide a safe and high-quality care environment, while also focusing on professional development and competency validation.
Responsibilities
- Perform and document complete history and physical examinations for acute and complex chronically ill patients.
- Order and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures.
- Serve as the first responder for patient status changes and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
- Assess risks associated with the care of acute and complex chronically ill patients.
- Coordinate daily rounds with attending physician teams and collaborate in the plan of care.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to make diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
- Manage diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
- Formulate and document a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic healthcare needs.
- Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve expected outcomes.
- Maintain ongoing communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Document key components of patient progress in the medical record in a timely manner.
- Demonstrate professional practice behaviors including mentoring and education of students and staff.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing
- Licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in Tennessee
- Relevant work experience (less than 1 year)
- Strong foundation in evidence-based practice and education
- Advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge
- Clinical and technical competence
- Sound clinical judgment and professional communication skills
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in a hospitalist role
- Familiarity with diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism
Benefits
- Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
- Dental and/or vision plan
- 403 (b) retirement plan
- Paid Time off (flex PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Adoption assistance
- Short-Long term disability
- Subsidized backup childcare
