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VMG Oral & Maxillofacial Nurse Practitioner

Vanderbilt Health

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Posted:
November 8, 2018
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee
Salary:
Open
Discipline:
General Nursing
Description
 
Nurse Practitioner 

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. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — 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.

 

Click Here To View The VUMC Promise of Discovery


About the Department:

The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery consists of Oral Surgery, as well as the Division of Dentistry. We are also home to the Oral Surgery Residency Program. We provide a comprehensive spectrum of oral and maxillofacial surgical services to children and adults with expert and compassionate care.


JOB SUMMARY:

The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery nurse practitioner (NP) in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The OMS NP is service aligned, managing a distinct patient population. The NP may be required to perform some coordination of outpatient, inpatient and periop care and facilitate discharges/outpatient follow up. The specialty NP has a strong foundation in evidenced based practice/education and is responsible for ensuring adherence to clinical pathways/protocols and ensures an environment of safe quality care. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and responsible for professional development and competency validation.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Assessment of Health Status
  • Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination for acute and complex chronically ill patients.
  • Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
  • The nurse practitioner may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
  • Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
  • Coordinates daily rounds with the Attending physician teams, presents 24 hour patient report, collaborates in plan of care, and follows assigned patient population throughout the day.
  • Diagnosis
  • Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
  • Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
  • Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
  • Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions
  • Formulates Plan of Care
  • Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
  • 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 minor suturing, complex wound management, line and tube placements and removals.
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team .
  • Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
  • Documentation
  • Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary , and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)
  • Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
  • Professional Practice
  • Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of students, nursing staff, nurses, graduate and novice nurse practitioners.
  • Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
  • Actively participates in Grand Rounds, APN council meetings, faculty and unit meetings, M&M presentations.
  • Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.
Benefits:

 

In addition to offering a lively community that encourages learning and celebrates diversity, Vanderbilt University Medical Center provides its faculty and staff members with a benefits package that is comprehensive and flexible. Components for benefits-eligible employees include:

 

·           PTO
·           Health Plan
·           Parental Leave
·           Life Insurance
·           Retirement
·           Short-Term Disability
·           Long-term Disability
·           Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
·           Dental Insurance
·           Group Discounts
·           Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
·           Vision

*** Minimum Qualifications Required ***
Master's Degree (or equivalent experience) and < 1 year experience. 

Registered Nurse Licensure Required 


** Preferred Experience **
12 months of nursing experience preferred; Inpatient acute care advanced practice nursing experience desirable.


Additional Qualification Information:
Prefer National Specialty Board Certification, TN APN certificate/certificate of fitness to prescribe, eligible for DEA


VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

 

·         US News & World Report:   #1 Hospital in Tennessee, #1 Health Care Provider in Nashville, #1 Audiology ( Bill Wilkerson Center ), 12 adult and 10 pediatric clinical specialties ranked among the nation's best, #15 Education and Training

·         Truven Health Analytics:   among the top 50 cardiovascular hospitals in the U.S.

·         Becker's Hospital Review:   one of the "100 Greatest Hospitals in America"

·         The Leapfrog Group:   grade "A" in Hospital Safety Score

·         National Institutes of Health:   among the top 10 grant awardees for medical research in the US

·         Magnet Recognition Program:   Vanderbilt nurses are the only group honored in Tennessee

·         Nashville Business Journal:   Middle Tennessee's healthiest employer

·         American Hospital Association:   among the 100 "Most Wired" medical systems in the US

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Our Nursing Philosophy

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

 

Achieve the Remarkable 

Learn more about VUMC Nursing:

·         Nursing Careers : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/index.html

·         Benefits : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/benefits.html

·         Our Nursing Philosophy : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/philosophy.html

·         Our Nursing Leadership : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/leadership.html

·         Shared Governance : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/shared-governance.html

·         Education & Professional Development : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/professional-development.html

·         Life In Nashville : http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/nashville.html

·         VUMC Nursing : http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing

 

 

Download the Vanderbilt University Medical Center fact book   to learn more about our services and facilities.


Internal Number: 1808726
About Vanderbilt Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. These hospitals experienced more than 61,000 inpatient admissions during fiscal year 2015. Vanderbilt’s adult and pediatric clinics treated nearly 2 million patients during this same period.Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are recognized again this year by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals as among the nation’s best with 18 nationally ranked specialties. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is world renowned because of the innovation, work ethic and collegiality of its employees. From our health care advances to our compassionate care, Vanderbilt owes its accomplishments and reputation to staff and faculty who bring skill and drive and innovation to the medical center day after day. World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.As th...e largest employer in middle Tennessee, we welcome those who are interested in ongoing development in a caring, culturally sensitive and professional atmosphere. Most of us spend so much of our lives at work, we want to be part of maintaining a workplace in which people support one another and encourage reaching for excellence. Many high-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt because of the professional growth they experience and because of their appreciation of Vanderbilt’s benefits, public events and discussions, athletic opportunities, beautiful setting and, above all, sense of community and purpose.Vanderbilt and its employees share a set of mutual expectations that have been created with productivity, legality, fairness and safety always in mind. We believe that our investment in training and compensating employees multiplies in value when we enable individuals to deliver their best performance for the benefit of us all.
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