Advanced Practice Provider - Thoracic Medical Oncology (Outpatient)

About the Role

Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team to provide healthcare in primary health care settings. This Advanced Practice Provider will primarily see thoracic oncology patients within the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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. Manages the care for patients including general oncology and provides an environment of safe quality care.

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.

Requirements

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant Certified, or Registered Nurse in Tennessee.
• Master’s degree.
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.

Oncology experience is preferred but not required.

Schedule

4 days per week in clinic (8am–5pm) with 1 administrative day. No call, nights, or weekends.

Benefits

• Affordable, high-quality health plan options.
• Dental and/or vision plan.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off (flex PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied).
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Subsidized backup childcare.
• Supplemental pay program for inpatient nursing.

About the Department

The Division of Hematology and Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center conducts research and treats all types of adult cancers, including solid tumor cancers and hematological (blood) disorders, as well as benign hematologic disorders such as coagulation disorders and non-cancerous blood diseases. With over 80 faculty members, the team is committed to:

• Research to better understand and treat cancers and benign hematologic diseases.
• Translating laboratory research into therapies to help people with cancer.
• State-of-the-art patient care and personalized cancer therapy.
• Clinical trials, including Phase I drug development with subsequent Phase II and Phase III testing.
• Training future hematology and oncology doctors and researchers.
• Cancer chemotherapy, pharmacology, and biological therapy with an emphasis on solid tumors.
• Treating bleeding and coagulation disorders, anemia, and other disorders of blood.