Neonatal Critical Care Advanced Practitioner

Montgomery College; Tennessee; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN is seeking a Neonatology specialist to provide advanced care for critically ill newborns within a multidisciplinary team.

You will manage day-to-day patient care from admission to discharge, participate in delivery room and transport services, and contribute to ongoing quality improvement and education.

The role emphasizes compassionate, evidence-based practice and collaboration with physicians, nurses, and families to optimize outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history for a neonate.
• Performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• Provides neonatal healthcare services for critically ill and complex patients.
• 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 in the neonatal population.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Performs delivery room service and neonatal transport services, initiates appropriate referrals and consultations, and provides consultation services as requested within scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Job description

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN is seeking a Neonatology specialist to provide advanced care for critically ill newborns within a multidisciplinary team.

You will manage day-to-day patient care from admission to discharge, participate in delivery room and transport services, and contribute to ongoing quality improvement and education.

The role emphasizes compassionate, evidence-based practice and collaboration with physicians, nurses, and families to optimize outcomes.