Pediatric Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant - Pediatric ENT (Inpatient) - $15,000 Sign On Bonus

Advanced Practice Provider (APP) - Pediatric ENT Inpatient

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Inpatient Position

Position

Hours:

Department Summary:

Pediatric ENT inpatient care at Vanderbilt Health is centered at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Main Campus, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN). The Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Head and Neck Surgery division offers highly specialized, child-centered inpatient and outpatient care, handling over 6,000 surgeries annually. This position will be an inpatient position.

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Acute Care CPNP-AC or Physician Assistant PA

Prior APP Experience Strongly Preferred

$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 a 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Technical Capabilities:

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

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!

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Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact:
Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work:
Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge:
Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction:
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues:

- Develops Self and Others:
Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.

- Builds and Maintains…