Advanced Practice Provider - Hematology/Oncology Nocturnist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide care in an acute-care setting. The role requires didactic education, clinical competency, and national certification in the identified area of practice. The provider demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and commitment to professional development and competency validation. The position is grounded in evidence-based practice and education and supports safe, high-quality care. The provider manages patients with general oncology conditions, stem cell transplant needs, and benign and malignant hematologic disorders, working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary and physician teams in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. The role is based at Vanderbilt Main Hospital and involves 12 shifts per month from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., including weekends and select holidays. The Division of Hematology/Oncology conducts research and treats adult solid-tumor cancers and hematologic disorders, including benign conditions such as coagulation disorders and other non-cancerous blood diseases. Its work includes research, translating laboratory findings into therapies, personalized cancer care, clinical trials, training future clinicians and researchers, cancer therapies, and treatment of bleeding disorders, anemia, and other blood disorders.

Requirements

Master’s degree.
Tennessee licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant; the posting also lists Tennessee Registered Nurse licensure.
Acute Care Certification is required for Nurse Practitioners.
National certification in the identified area of clinical practice.
Clinical competency and didactic education in the identified area of practice.

Nice To Haves

Hematology/Oncology experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
Collaborate in providing primary, acute, and complex care, managing patients’ overall care and identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures when indicated.
Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions as needed to achieve expected outcomes.
Use evidence-based, approved practice protocols to plan and implement care.
Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations.
Provide specialty-specific consultation services upon request and within the scope of practice.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within healthcare settings.
Provide compassionate, appropriate, and effective patient- and family-centered care, including care at the end of life, within scope of licensure and certification.
Use health-assessment skills and screening and diagnostic strategies to develop diagnoses and manage patients’ health and illness over time and across care settings.
Prescribe medications within scope of practice and document findings, assessments, and plans of care in the electronic health record.
Educate patients, families, students, and healthcare team members on clinical topics and clinical knowledge.
Use scientific evidence and methods to evaluate and improve care practices, review data, and improve quality and patient outcomes.
Maintain professional relationships and communicate practice knowledge effectively, orally and in writing.
Participate in professional development, ethical practice, and activities that influence advanced practice.
Perform additional duties as assigned.