Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Sickle Cell/Benign Hematology - Outpatient

About the role

This Advanced Practice Provider (APP) position delivers specialized care for patients in both ambulatory and specialty settings, with a focus on Benign Hematology including Sickle Cell disease. The role emphasizes expert consultation, chronic illness management, and continuity of care across the patient journey, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes. The APP will practice two days per week in the Benign Hematology clinic at the Villages at Vanderbilt and two days per week in the Sickle Cell clinic at The Vanderbilt Clinic, with one administrative day each week.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and document health history; perform system-focused or symptom-specific physical exams, assessments, and care plans.
• Provide primary, acute, and complex care in collaboration with the team; manage overall patient care and identify expected outcomes.
• Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures; form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions to achieve expected outcomes.
• Use evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care; initiate appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Provide specialty-specific consultation services within scope of practice and facilitate patient transitions across care settings.

Requirements

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), or Physician Assistant (PA) license in Tennessee.
• Hematology experience preferred.
• Prior APP experience preferred.

Technical Capabilities

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and patient-, profession-, and society-focused responsibility; 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 findings; employs screening and diagnostic strategies; prescribes medications; integrates ethical principles; documents 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 teams.
• Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Uses scientific evidence to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care; anticipates practice variations and implements quality improvements; generates knowledge from practice to improve outcomes.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Establishes and maintains professional relationships with patients, families, and care teams; communicates practice knowledge effectively in oral and written forms.
• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and societal responsibility; participates in committees and professional activities that influence advanced practice.