Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) - Medical Weight Loss (Bariatric Surgery)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Clarksville, TN

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center : Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: General Surgery Advanced Practice Providers Job Summary: The Surgical Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides healthcare in ambulatory and acute care health care settings. Including management of surgical patients from pre-operative, peri-operative and post operative phases of care. The APP has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The APP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. The APP has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application. . Position Shift: Full time Monday-Friday 40 hours per week (32 hours of patient care, 8 hours of admin) No weekends, nights or holidays Department Summary: For nearly 100 years, the mission of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Section of Surgical Sciences has been to provide the finest quality care to patients, solve surgical problems that change practice, and educate the next generation of health care providers. The Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is the largest of seven Departments in the Section of Surgical Sciences. Founded in 1925, it is the product of a long tradition of excellence in patient care, education and innovation. Our Department is organized into six Divisions: General Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care including Burn Surgery and Emergency General Surgery. We provide services to distinct but geographically close hospitals including the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Vanderbilt Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville General Hospital, and Williamson Medical Center. The Department is home to a remarkable group of investigators spanning the continuum from basic science through translational studies to clinical research. Our mission is to provide the highest quality patient care, educate the next generation of surgeon leaders and produce solutions to surgical problems that change practice.

Requirements

LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - TennesseeTennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level: Less than 1 year
Master's

Nice To Haves

Experience in obesity medicine (preferred)
At least 1-2 years' experience as an APP (preferred)

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.