Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider at Vanderbilt Health, a large academic health system. This role functions as an intensivist, managing critically ill and convalescing infants from admission to discharge in acute and critical care settings. The NICU at Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is a level IV tertiary care NICU with 116 beds (increasing to 131 in Summer 2025), caring for over 1400 fragile newborns annually. Vanderbilt Health emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and compassionate care.

Requirements

• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner NNP or Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner CPNP-AC or Physician Assistant PA (NICU Experience or NICU PA Fellowship Required)
• LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee
• LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee
• Master's degree
• Relevant Work Experience
• Less than 1 year of experience

Nice To Haves

• 2 or More Years of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Experience (for sign-on bonus eligibility)

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history for a neonate.
• Performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• Provides neonatal healthcare services for critically ill and complex patients.
• 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 in the neonatal population.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Performs delivery room service and neonatal transport services, initiates appropriate referrals and consultations, and provides consultation services as requested within scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

Benefits

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption assistance
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• Inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program

What This Job Offers

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