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Organization: Surgery (Inpatient) Burn
Job Summary:
The Surgical Nurse Practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP provides healthcare in ambulatory and acute health care settings, including management of surgical patients from pre-operative, peri-operative, and post-operative phases of care. The NP has didactic education, clinical competency, and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The NP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. The NP has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.
Position Hours:
- 2 12 Hour Shifts Per Week (.6 FTE)
Department Summary:
The Department of Pediatric Surgery is committed to providing and promoting excellence in surgical care. Our surgeons and nurses are specially trained to treat fetal patients, newborns, infants, toddlers, children, and young adults. We perform a broad range of general surgical procedures, including minor office procedures, as well as inpatient and outpatient procedures. We strive for excellence in patient care, clinical and basic laboratory research, and the education of students, residents, and fellows.
Our experts in pediatric surgery treat conditions from common to rare, including appendicitis, hernias, tumors, and birth defects. We work closely with a team of pediatricians, family physicians, pediatric anesthesiologists, and other specialists, and pediatric home care providers.
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 patient's 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 specialty scope of practice.
* Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
Position Qualifications:
Certifications:
LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee
Work Experience:
Relevant Work Experience
Experience Level:
Less than 1 year
Education:
Master's
Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled
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