Advanced Practice Provider - Urology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Urology Adult department seeks an Advanced Practice Provider to deliver specialized urologic care across inpatient and outpatient settings. The APP will work in a subspecialized area, consulting within their scope and coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes continuity of care, with a Monday–Friday clinic schedule, no call, and no holiday/weekend requirements.

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver advanced practice care across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care.
• Utilize evidence-based protocols to guide treatment and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history and performs comprehensive physical examinations with an individualized plan of care.
• Orders, performs, interprets and collects diagnostic data as indicated to support diagnoses.
• Prescribes pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical interventions to achieve outcomes.
• Facilitates patient transitions between care settings and coordinates referrals as needed.

Skills

Health Systems Management

Patient-Centered Care

Job description

Organization

Urology Adult

Job Summary

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) plays a vital role in delivering specialized care and managing the health needs of patients in either inpatient, ambulatory, or a combination of both settings. With advanced training and expertise, the APP focuses on subspecialized care, including chronic illness and disease management, ensuring continuity of care throughout the patient's healthcare journey, which may span multiple years. This role involves specialization in a specific organ system, where the APP provides expert consultation within their area of expertise as appropriate. The APP is integral to supporting patients across the continuum of care in both inpatient and outpatient specialty settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes. .

Position Shift

Monday-Friday, clinic hours (4 days in clinic, 1 administrative day)

No call/holidays/weekends

Primary Locations (schedule may vary)

TVC Spring Hill Cool Springs

Department Summary

As one of the busiest hospitals in the country for adult and pediatric urologic surgical procedures, the Department of Urology at Vanderbilt provides a comprehensive approach to patient care. We blend our innovative diagnostic, treatment, and research capabilities to deliver the best care possible while working to advance surgical approaches, including:

• Robotics
• Image-guided surgery
• Minimally invasive approaches

At the Vanderbilt Urology Clinic we treat a wide range of conditions, including:

• Urologic cancers, such as:
• Prostate cancer
• Bladder cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Incontinence and other bladder-control problems
• Kidney stones
• Sexual health conditions, such as:
• Erectile dysfunction

Our team invests in the most advanced technologies - such as a 3D MRI prostate biopsy system - that enables the most precise biopsies and facilitates personalized treatment plans.

The large volume of procedures we perform each year ensures our patients receive the best care. Our teams are highly experienced. Milestones include:

• Performing more than 10,000 robotic-assisted urologic surgeries such as radical prostatectomies
• Completing more than 2,200 pediatric urologic surgeries a year at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, including:
• Innovative robotic surgeries
• Complex urologic reconstructions

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 patients' 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 for 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 a specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced): Demonstrates care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life. Within scope of licensure and certification, manages previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients. Uses health assessment skills to differentiate between normal, vari