PRN Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider- Vanderbilt Off Site Nurseries

PRN Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider
- Vanderbilt Off Site Nurseries### PRN Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider
- Vanderbilt Off Site Nurseries Apply:
Nashville, TN:
Part time:
Posted Today:
R-69807
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** Organization:
** In-Patient Nrs Practnrs 30
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* Job Summary:

** Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide advanced neonatal care in Level II NICUs across the Vanderbilt Regional Affiliate Nursery (VRAN) network. Functions independently as the in-house advanced practice provider, responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of neonatal patients while collaborating with attending neonatologists who may provide remote support. Includes management of admitted patients, consults from various in-house departments, delivery attendance, and acceptance of acute transports from area hospitals.

Provides clinical coverage at current and future contracted VRAN NICU locations as needed..
** Position

Hours:

*** PRN (As Needed)
** Requirements**:
* Neonatal Nurse Practitioner NNP , Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner CPNP-AC , or Physician Assistant PA (NICU Experience or NICU PA Fellowship Required)##
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Assessment of health status  + Obtains and documents a comprehensive neonatal history and physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.  + Independently assesses, diagnoses, and manages neonatal patients in Level II NICU settings.  + Orders, performs, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic studies and laboratory data.
* Diagnosis  + Develops differential diagnoses and implements evidence-based treatment plans.  + Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.  + Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
* Formulates plan of care  + Prescribes therapeutic interventions and medications consistent with scope of practice and clinical privileges.  + Serves as first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.  + Delivery room attendance for high-risk deliveries including leading resuscitation when needed.  + Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines or protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
* Implements and modifies plan of care  + Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.  + Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.  + May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation, including intubation, UAC/UVC placement/removal, Lumbar punctures, ePIV placement, PIV placement, Chest tube placement/removal (Pigtail and Trocar), Needle decompression, Circumcisions (when applicable), PAL placement.
* Communication and Collaboration  + Stabilizes and manages neonates requiring escalation of care and coordinates transfers, discharges, and transitions of…