Advanced Practice Provider - Radiation Oncology (Lebanon)

About the role

As an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in Radiation Oncology, you will deliver specialized care and manage the health needs of patients in inpatient, ambulatory, or combined settings. With advanced training and expertise, you will focus on subspecialized care—including chronic illness and disease management—ensuring continuity across the patient’s healthcare journey, which may span multiple years. This role involves organ-system specialization, expert consultation within your area of expertise, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes across the continuum of care.

Department Summary

We provide multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art radiation therapy using techniques such as stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), 3D treatment planning, brachytherapy, and intraoperative radiation therapy at five convenient locations. Our mission includes improving treatment outcomes for all diseases treated with radiation, discovering new medical uses of radiation, and educating graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, and medical physics trainees. We deliver advanced anti-cancer therapy through new technology and continuous review of patient outcomes, advancing care through basic science research, industry collaboration, medical physics innovation, and clinical trials.

Position Shift

Location: Lebanon
Schedule: 4 days in clinic, 1 administrative day; no call, weekends, or holidays

Key Responsibilities

• Obtain and document health history; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
• Provide healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex care in collaboration with the care team; manage overall patient care and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant diagnostic information, and procedures as indicated.
• Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribe therapeutic interventions—pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical—as needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilize evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Provide specialty-specific consultation services within scope of practice.
• Facilitate patient transitions between and within healthcare settings.

Technical Capabilities

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Commits to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and responsible patient care; participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced): Delivers compassionate, appropriate, and effective care for health promotion, illness prevention, disease treatment, and end-of-life care; manages previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients within scope; uses health assessment skills to differentiate normal, variations of normal, and abnormal findings; employs screening and diagnostic strategies; prescribes medications within scope; integrates cultural and spiritual preferences into care; documents findings clearly in the electronic health record.
• Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced): Applies established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and social sciences to patient care and education; maintains current evidence-based knowledge; educates patients, families, students, and healthcare team members.
• Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Uses scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care; anticipates practice variations and implements quality improvement interventions; integrates knowledge from humanities and sciences within nursing science.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Establishes and maintains professional relationships with patients, families, and care teams; communicates practice knowledge effectively in writing and speech.
• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and responsible attitudes toward patients, profession, and society; participates in medical center committees and professional organizations.

Position Qualifications

• Certifications: Licensed Nurse Practitioner – Tennessee, Licensed Physician Assistant Certified – Tennessee, or Registered Nurse – Tennessee
• Education: Master’s degree
• Experience Level: Less than 1 year of relevant work experience