Advanced Practice Fellow - Transplant; Inpatient

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Abdominal Transplant

The Advanced Practice Fellow works in collaboration with and is an integral member of a interdisciplinary health care team. The Advanced Practice Fellow should have a basic foundation in evidence‑based practice and demonstrate adequate medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation. The Advanced Practice Fellow may function in a variety of inpatient and outpatient care settings throughout the fellowship to optimize learning experiences.

Focused learning experiences will be provided that enable the Advanced Practice Fellow to develop and refine essential specialty specific clinical and critical thinking skills promoting top of license practice. Immersion into an environment of collaborative interdisciplinary care will assure cost effective, quality, patient centered care. Additionally, an expanded incorporation of evidence‑based practice into care and utilization of improvement processes will be demonstrated by completion of a specialty‑relevant project.

Full‑Time Time Commitment:
January4,2027
- December
31,2027(12

Months)

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) performed
960solid organ transplants in 2025, the most ever completed by a single center in one year in the United States. Through dramatic growth, the VTC is now the nation’s largest transplant center by volume, according to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing. The VTC saved
85additional critically ill patients in calendar year
2025 than in2024. https://news.vumc.org/2026/01/14/vanderbilt-transplant-center-nations-largest-after-performing-record-number-of-solid-organ-transplants-in-2025/

• Assessment of Health Status:
  Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination. Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated. Assesses for risks associated with care including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
• Participates in daily huddles or rounds with the interdisciplinary team as applicable and actively collaborates in formulating and evaluating ongoing plan of care across the continuum.
• Diagnosis:
  Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making accurate and diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions. Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. Formulates differential diagnoses by priority. Diagnoses complications and identifies appropriate interventions.
• Formulates Plan of Care:
  Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, formulates and documents a plan of care to address acute and complex,…