Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) operates at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. It is a community where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and abilities are challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and uniqueness is celebrated.

About the Role

Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team to provide healthcare in acute care and critical care settings independently. Functions as an intensivist responsible for the day-to-day management of critically ill and convalescing infants from admission to discharge.

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history for a neonate.
• Performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.
• Provides neonatal healthcare services for critically ill and complex patients.
• 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 in the neonatal population.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Performs delivery room service and neonatal transport services, initiates appropriate referrals and consultations, and provides consultation services as requested within scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Participates in medical center committees, professional organizations, and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Communicates practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care practices.
• Uses best available evidence to continuously improve quality of clinical practice.
• Generates knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient outcomes.
• Reviews data and evidence to improve advanced practice.
• Provides compassionate, appropriate, and effective care for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Manages previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients within scope of licensure and certification.
• Uses health assessment skills to differentiate between normal, variations of normal, and abnormal findings.
• Employs screening and diagnostic strategies in the development of diagnoses.
• Prescribes medications within scope of practice.
• Manages health/illness status of patients and families over time and across the continuum.
• Provides patient-centered care recognizing the patient or designee as a full partner in decision-making.
• Creates a climate of patient-centered care to include confidentiality, privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect.
• Incorporates cultural and spiritual preferences, values, and beliefs into healthcare.
• Preserves the patient's control over decision-making by negotiating a mutually acceptable plan of care.
• Integrates ethical principles into decision-making.
• Uses electronic health record to capture data on variables for the evaluation and management of patient care.
• Clearly documents findings, assessment, and plan of care.
• Demonstrates established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and social sciences, and applies their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.
• Educates patients, families, students, and other members of the healthcare team in clinical topics and application of clinical knowledge.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience.
• Certifications: Licensed Nurse Practitioner (Tennessee) or Physician’s Assistant Certified (Tennessee).

Skills

• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates behaviors reflecting commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward patients, profession, and society.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Establishes and maintains professional relationships with patients, families, and healthcare team members; communicates effectively both orally and in writing.
• Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Uses scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care practices; implements interventions to enhance quality.
• Patient and Family-Centered Care (Advanced): Provides compassionate, appropriate, and effective care; manages health/illness status over time; integrates cultural and spiritual preferences into care.
• Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced): Demonstrates knowledge of biomedical, clinical, and social sciences; educates others; maintains current evidence-based knowledge.
• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Participates in professional organizations and activities influencing advanced practice.

Benefits

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

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with understanding of how output impacts other areas related to own job area/team.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.
• Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
• Supporting Colleagues:
  • Develops self and others by investing time and energy to improve performance and gain knowledge.
  • Builds and maintains relationships with key colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicates effectively, adapting style to suit different situations and audiences.
• Delivering Excellent Services:
  • Serves others with compassion, understanding current and future needs.
  • Solves complex problems by approaching them from different angles.
  • Offers meaningful advice and support to increase effectiveness.
• Ensuring High Quality:
  • Engages in dialogue about quality and addresses issues promptly.
  • Applies learning experiences to uncover underlying causes of problems and improve processes.
  • Understands and fulfills safety and regulatory requirements.
• Managing Resources Effectively:
  • Demonstrates accountability by driving critical issues to closure.
  • Stewards organizational resources effectively.
  • Makes data-driven decisions to identify and elevate opportunities.
• Fostering Innovation:
  • Generates new ideas and opportunities to improve processes.
  • Demonstrates enthusiasm for learning new technologies and tools.
  • Adapts to change, viewing challenges as opportunities for improvement.