Vanderbilt Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

About the role

The Vanderbilt Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Fellowship is a 12-month postgraduate program focusing on child and adolescent psychiatry. Fellows will gain exposure to various services including outpatient, inpatient, consult-liaison, and state custody consulting, alongside structured didactics.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of Health Status: Performs and documents complete history and physical examinations, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, and formulates a plan of care.
• Diagnosis: Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to diagnose acute and chronic conditions, formulates differential diagnoses, and manages diagnostic tests.
• Plan of Care: Prescribes diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, manages further diagnostic tests, and documents progress notes.
• Communication and Collaboration: Maintains ongoing communication with interdisciplinary team and facilitates communication with patients, families, and staff.
• Documentation: Documents patient progress in medical records, ensuring compliance and capturing patient acuity.
• Professional Practice: Participates in educational opportunities, maintains continuing education, and engages in professional development.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing
• Board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Tennessee RN license and Tennessee APRN license with certificate of fitness to prescribe
• Eligible for DEA license

Qualifications

• Experience: Less than 1 year
• Education: Master's degree

Skills

• Advanced medical and nursing knowledge
• Sound clinical judgment
• Professional communication skills
• Timely and compliant documentation
• Professional development and competency validation

Benefits

Vanderbilt Health offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 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-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• and many more...

Pay

This is a full-time position with approximately 75% of effort towards clinical services and 25% towards didactic and specialty education in child and adolescent psychiatry; primary duties are Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM.

Schedule

Primary duties are Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM.