Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

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. In the NICU at the Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt we are committed to providing the highest standard of care to our newborns and their families. Our state-of-the-art NICU is equipped with advanced technology and staffed by a compassionate team of experts who work tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes for our patients. We are the largest unit within Vanderbilt University Hospital system with 116 beds, with an increase to 131 beds in Summer 2025. We are a level IV tertiary care NICU that attends to the complex care needs of more than 1400 fragile newborns per year.

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 - TennesseeTennessee
LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee
Master's
Less than 1 year of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

2 or More Years of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant 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