Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant – Cardiac Surgery – Outpatient
| Company | Vanderbilt Health |
|---|---|
| Location | Nashville, TN, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
Requirements
- Didactic education, clinical competency, and national certification in identified area of clinical practice
- Demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, and interpersonal communication skills
- Timely and compliant documentation
- Advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application
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
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.