Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant Medical Progressive Care Unit

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Organization:

VUH Advanced Practice Provider

Job Summary:

Vanderbilt University Hospital is expanding!

We are hiring Acute Care Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants for the Medical Progressive Care Unit that will be located in a new 15-story tower on the hospital's main campus. Nurse Practitioners in this unit will also care for hospital medicine patients.

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Relocation bonus available for eligible candidates.

POSITION SHIFT - Day or Night shifts are currently available. All positions will work some weekends and holidays.

• Days - 7a-7p
• Nights 7p-7a (If a new grad is hired, new grads will work night shift)

The nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP or PA functions primarily as a hospitalist in an inpatient setting, managing the care of acute/complex chronically ill patients. The NP or PA is typically on a service aligned team managing the patient care from step down to discharge. The NP or PA may have responsibilities for same patient population during follow up outpatient visits. The NP or PA has a strong foundation in evidenced based practice/education and provides an environment of safe quality care. The NP or PA demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation.

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
• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.
• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, 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.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams. Communicates practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writing.
• Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigat