Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Heart Transplant

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Organization:

Thoracic Transplant, Advanced

Job Summary:

Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. Provides healthcare in primary care, acute care, critical care and long-term health care settings. Has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. Demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. Has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application. Participates in the medical and surgical care of solid organ transplant patients and/or living donors in the clinical acute care and/or ambulatory setting. Responsible for the development, promotion and coordination of a multidisciplinary plan of care from the time of referral for transplantation or organ donation through the evaluation process, hospitalization and continuing after discharge to assure adequate health maintenance and long term care of the transplant patient.   

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Position Hours

• Monday through Friday

• 8am - 5pm

Department Summary

Vanderbilt Health is one of the top heart transplant programs in the world, providing patients with outstanding outcomes and access to innovative new research and treatments. By pioneering new approaches, we are able to serve more patients, including high-risk patients who may not be candidates for transplantation at other medical centers. Our specialists also provide heart-kidney, heart-liver and heart-lung transplants for patients with multiple organ failure.

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP/ACNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

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• Physician Assistant

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• 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;
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and sensitivity to diversity and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in medical center committees, professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.
• Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate and improve patient care practices. Anticipates variations in practice and is proactive in implementing interventions to improve quality. Uses best available evidence to continuously improve quality of clinical practice. Generates knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient o