Advanced Practice Provider - Orthopaedics Spine; West TN-Jackson, Paris, Dyersburg

## Advanced Practice Provider - Orthopaedics Spine (West TN-Jackson, Paris, Dyersburg)
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Nashville, TNtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-62585
** Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center**:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated.

It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
** Organization:
** Orthopaedic Surgery
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* Job Summary:

** The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) plays a vital role in delivering specialized care and managing the health needs of patients in either inpatient, ambulatory, or a combination of both settings. With advanced training and expertise, the APP focuses on subspecialized care, including chronic illness and disease management, ensuring continuity of care throughout the patient’s healthcare journey, which may span multiple years.

This role involves specialization in a specific organ system, where the APP provides expert consultation within their area of expertise as appropriate. The APP is integral to supporting patients across the continuum of care in both inpatient and outpatient specialty settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes..
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* Department Summary:

** The faculty at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt is a dedicated group of clinician scientist educators, covering all nine surgical disciplines of orthopaedic surgery.
We stand out by providing true sub-specialization and expert patient care. The Vanderbilt University Medical Center provides all subspecialty divisions — and we internally refer patients, so they receive care from experts of their condition.
Our faculty is diverse in age and talents with concentrations including, clinical outcomes medicine, translational applications of laboratory bench research, teaching and expertise in public health or administration. We share a commitment to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s tradition of inquiry. Every member works to learn more, help as many people as possible and educate the future leaders of medicine.
** Position

Schedule:

*** 2 days (or varying combination) in Jackson, 2 days in Paris and 1 day in Dyersburg
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* Preferred Qualifications:

*** Spine experience
* General orthopedics experience
** 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 for both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
* Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
* Initiates appropriate…