Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant - Urology; Inpatient

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VUH Acute Care Surgery

The Surgical Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides healthcare in ambulatory and acute health care settings. Including management of surgical patients from pre-operative, peri-operative and post operative phases of care. The APP has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The APP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation.

The APP has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

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We are seeking a dedicated Advanced Practice Provider to join our inpatient Urology APP Team within Adult Hospital. The APP will be primarily based on 9 South, but will also involve consults within the Adult Hospital. The APP will work closely with the resident team and other APPs to deliver exceptional patient care. The APP will round on patients, perform urologic procedures, manage discharges, and coordinate with case management teams to ensure seamless care delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the overall patient care in a fast-paced and collaborative environment within an inpatient setting.

• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) Required

Relocation available for candidates over 100+ miles from Nashville, TN

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and 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.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced):
  Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced):
  Demonstrates established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others. Demonstrates knowledge of population focus but also other sciences that support his/her field of practice. Demonstrates knowledge of common and important health issues affecting society and other societies around the globe. Demonstrates commitment in maintaining current evidence based knowledge through continuous learning.
  
  Educates patients, families, students and other members of the healthcare team in clinical topics and application of clinical knowledge.
• Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced):
  Demonstrates care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life. Within scope of licensure and certification, manages previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients. Uses health assessment skills to differentiate between normal,…