Advanced Practice Provider - Pediatric Otolaryngology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

19h • Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) delivers specialized care and manages the health needs of pediatric otolaryngology patients in inpatient, ambulatory, or combined settings. The role focuses on subspecialized care, including chronic illness and disease management, and supports continuity of care across the patient’s healthcare journey. The APP provides expert consultation within their area of expertise and works with multidisciplinary teams across inpatient and outpatient specialty settings to support optimal patient outcomes.

The Vanderbilt Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery team provides care for complex pediatric ENT conditions and works with specialists at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Its multidisciplinary programs include the Complex Aerodigestive Evaluation Team (CADET) and the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Program (VPI). The team also treats conditions including cleft lip and palate, vascular anomalies, and refractory obstructive sleep apnea. Clinics are offered at the main Monroe Carell hospital and locations in Murfreesboro and Spring Hill; the service sees more than 25,000 outpatient visitors and performs more than 6,000 surgeries annually.

The schedule is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., four clinic days per week, with one administrative day. The listed work locations are Hendersonville, DOT (main campus), and One Hundred Oaks.

Requirements

• Master’s degree.
• Relevant work experience; the listed experience level is less than 1 year.
• One of the listed Tennessee credentials: Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant Certified, or Registered Nurse.
• Ability to provide patient- and family-centered care, assess patients, develop diagnoses, prescribe within scope of practice, and manage health and illness over time.
• Ability to apply clinical knowledge and evidence-based practice, document care, and communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in complex airway diseases.
• Critical care background.
• Previous APP experience.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
• Collaborate in providing primary, acute, and complex care, manage patients’ overall care, and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Use evidence-based, approved practice protocols when planning and implementing care.
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Provide specialty-specific consultation services upon request and within the scope of practice.
• Facilitate patients’ transitions between and within healthcare settings.
• Maintain current evidence-based knowledge and educate patients, families, students, and healthcare team members.
• Use electronic health records to capture information for evaluation and management of patient care, and clearly document findings, assessments, and plans of care.
• Use scientific evidence and methods to evaluate and improve patient care practices and quality.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members, orally and in writing.
• Participate in professional organizations, activities, and medical center committees that influence advanced practice.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• Affordable high-quality health plan options.
• Dental and/or vision plan.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Paid time off (flex PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement, subject to maximums.
• Adoption assistance, subject to maximums.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Subsidized backup childcare.
• The job description also refers generally to possible health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level