Nurse Practitioner - Occupational Health

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Organization:

Occ Health Clinical

Job Summary:

The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP provides healthcare in primary, urgent, community-based and long-term health care settings providing care to individuals and families across the lifespan. The NP has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in the identified area of clinical practice enabling delivery of preventative healthcare for individuals and families as well as the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness. Primary care NPs demonstrate an ongoing commitment to patient centered care and partner with individuals as well as family's to promote engagement and shared decision making to assure optimal health, well-being and self-management of disease processes. Supported by advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application, the NP demonstrates evidence-based medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and life-long professional development and competency validation.

The Assistant Clinic Manager for Regionals & Outreach (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP provides healthcare to employees and other affiliate groups at the VUMC main campus and at local and regional sites. The Asst Clinic Manager for Regionals & Outreach will be the main liaison between VUMC’s main-campus and the regional hospitals, which include Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital; Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital; and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, and their employee health nurses, as well as One Hundred Oaks and other satellite locations. This position involves periodic travel to these sites to provide occupational health clinical services/programs and develop, implement, and maintain standard, high-quality processes across all locations.

The NP has didactic education, clinical competency, and national certification in the identified area of clinical practice enabling delivery of occupational and preventative healthcare for employees as well as the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute illness. Supported by advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application, the NP demonstrates evidence-based medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and life-long professional development and competency validation.

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Key Responsibilities – Clinical

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.

• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care; initiates appropriate referrals and consultations; provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice;

Key Responsibilities – Quality

• Actively promotes and participates in quality improvement initiatives.

• Be active in the development, revision, and updating of regional hospital Occupational (or Employee) health protocols, polices, and procedures to ensure consistency across main campus, regional and other satellite facilities.

 

Key Responsibilities – People

• Member of the management team overseeing the Asst Mgr, Patient Care Services (Outreach Assistant Manager) and supporting the employee health nurse at each regional healthcare site to develop and implement Occupational Health processes, provide Occupational Health services, and identify associated issues.

• Acts as a nurse mentor and advisor to regional occupational health nurses and leadership.

• Educate regional leadership on Occupational