Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Pediatric Hematology​/Oncology - Bon

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PEDS Heme/Onc

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating closely with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. Working with hospitalized patients, the APP provides specialized care and supports the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based medical services. This role requires a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and clinical education, with the APP responsible for adhering to established clinical pathways and protocols to ensure safe and effective patient care.

The APP will demonstrate advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, and professional communication skills. In addition, the APP is accountable for timely and compliant documentation and actively participates in professional development and competency validation to maintain high standards of care.

• .75 FTE
• Day Shift (6am - 6pm)
• 13 12 Hour Shifts Per 4 Week Block Schedule
• Rotating Weekends and Holidays
• No Call

Since its inception as a clinic in 1969 and a division in 1975, we have been dedicated to excellence in patient care, research, and education in pediatric hematology and oncology. Our mission is to improve the lives of children with blood disorders and cancer, advance discovery through research, and train the leaders of the future.

• Cancer predisposition
• Leukemia and lymphoma
• Solid organ cancers
• Brain and spinal tumors
• Bone and soft tissue sarcomas
• Retinoblastoma
• Cancer survivorship
• Precision medicine
• Immunodeficiency
• Non-malignant hematology
• Hemostasis and thrombosis
• Sickle cell disease and thalassemia
• Bone marrow failure
• Vascular malformations

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
  - Acute Care CPNP-AC or Physician Assistant PA
• Prior APP Experience Strongly Preferred
• New Graduate CPNP-AC with Pediatric RN Experience in Hematology/Oncology or Inpatient Pediatrics

$15,000 Sign On Bonus for Candidates with 2 or More Years of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Experience. Sign on bonus is paid out in 3 installments over an 18 month period.

The sign-on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past twelve months. The sign-on bonus is only available for full-time positions.

• 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 patients' 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 a specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced):
  Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.
• 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…