PRN Advanced Practice Provider - Radiation Oncology (Cookeville)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Cookeville, TN

1d•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 facilitation, and outpatient follow-up. The clinician applies evidence-based practice, follows clinical pathways and protocols, and helps ensure safe, high-quality care. 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, including stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, three-dimensional treatment planning, brachytherapy, and intraoperative radiation therapy. The department also works to improve treatment outcomes and explore new medical uses of radiation through research, technology evaluation, and education. This position is based at Cookeville Regional Medical Center and is scheduled Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The clinician assesses patients, develops and implements individualized plans of care, coordinates with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, documents patient progress, and contributes to professional education, research, and quality practice.

Requirements

Current Tennessee Licensed Nurse Practitioner or Tennessee Physician Assistant certification/licensure.
Master's degree.
One year of experience.

Responsibilities

Perform and document complete histories and physical examinations for acute and complex chronically ill patients.
Order and collect clinical data using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures.
Respond to patient status changes and situations requiring procedural or resuscitative interventions, as needed.
Assess risks associated with care, including medication side effects, immobility, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte balance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
Coordinate the daily clinic schedule with the attending physician team, present patient reports, collaborate on plans of care, and follow the assigned patient population.
Manage diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
Identify expected outcomes and formulate and document plans of care for complex acute and chronic needs.
Use evidence-based guidelines and protocols to create individualized plans of care across the continuum.
Prescribe diagnostic strategies and pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions to achieve expected outcomes.
Perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation, which may include minor suturing, complex wound management, and line and tube placement or removal.
Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team, patients, families, and staff.
Document or dictate patient progress and care, including progress notes, transfer and discharge summaries, clinic notes, plans of care, problem lists, procedure notes, and acute event notes, as applicable.
Maintain timely documentation that meets compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
Precept, mentor, educate, and instruct students, nursing staff, and graduate and novice advanced practice clinicians.
Seek opportunities to participate in research and the analysis of evidence-based practice.
Participate in Grand Rounds, APN council meetings, faculty and unit meetings, and M&M presentations.
Maintain continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.