PRN Advanced Practice Provider - Radiation Oncology (Cookeville)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Cookeville, TN

15d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Clinician (NP/PA) is aligned with a service and physician team and manages a distinct patient population. The role may include outpatient and inpatient care, discharge coordination, and outpatient follow-up. The clinician uses evidence-based practice, supports adherence to clinical pathways and protocols, and helps maintain a safe, high-quality care environment. The position requires advanced medical and nursing knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound judgment, professional communication, timely and compliant documentation, and ongoing professional development and competency validation. The Radiation Oncology department provides multidisciplinary radiation therapy using techniques including stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, three-dimensional treatment planning, brachytherapy, and intraoperative radiation therapy. Its work includes improving treatment outcomes, developing new medical uses for radiation, education, research, and ongoing evaluation of therapeutic effects and treatment technologies. The position is based at Cookeville Regional Medical Center and is scheduled Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Requirements

Master's degree.
At least one year of relevant work experience.
Tennessee Licensed Nurse Practitioner certification or Tennessee Physician's Assistant certification.

Responsibilities

Perform and document complete histories and physical examinations for patients with acute and complex chronic illnesses.
Order and collect assessment data using appropriate techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures.
Respond to changes in patient status and participate in ordering, procedural, and resuscitative interventions when required.
Assess risks associated with care, including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
Coordinate the daily clinic schedule with the attending physician team, present patient reports, collaborate on the plan of care, and follow the assigned patient population.
Formulate and document expected outcomes and individualized plans of care for complex acute and chronic health needs.
Use evidence-based guidelines and protocols in care plans across the continuum of care.
Prescribe and modify diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions, including pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical interventions.
Order, interpret, perform, and supervise further diagnostic tests.
Perform advanced procedures within privileges and validated competency, potentially including minor suturing, complex wound management, and line and tube placement or removal.
Maintain communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, patients, families, and staff.
Document or dictate patient progress, plans of care, procedures, transfers, and discharges in the medical record in a timely and compliant manner.
Support professional practice through precepting, mentoring, and education of students, nursing staff, and other advanced practice clinicians.
Seek opportunities to participate in research and evidence-based practice analysis.
Participate in Grand Rounds, APN council meetings, faculty and unit meetings, and morbidity and mortality presentations.
Maintain continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.