Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team to provide healthcare in the acute care and critical care settings independently. Functions as an intensivist responsible for the day to day management of critically ill and convalescing infants from admission to discharge.

Requirements

LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - TennesseeTennessee
LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
Master's

Nice To Haves

Professionalism (Advanced)
Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced)
Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced)
Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced)
Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced)
Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced)
Less than 1 year experience

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.