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Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatry Clinic (Child-Adolescent)

Vanderbilt Health

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Posted:
July 27, 2018
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Discipline:
General Nursing
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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

 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Psychiatric Hospital is accepting applications for our Nurse Practitioner for our Psychiatric Clinic located at The Village of Vanderbilt . This is a full time position with benefits starting your first day of employment.

 

Our Nurse Practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team for Psychiatry - Child-Adolescent for the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. All work is performed in a team-based approach to care. The NP functions, in collaboration with the PAS physician, Registered Nurses, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Mental Health Specialists, to evaluate and treat patients who have walked into the space for assessment or have been transferred from the ED. 

 

The NP is responsible for Medical Screening Exams, diagnosis and treatment of the acute psychiatric patient, discharging as needed to the appropriate level of care or transferring as appropriate to the designated facility for continued care.  The NP should have strong communication skills and be able to coordinate effectively with an interdisciplinary team.  Finally, the NP should have a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and education, a responsibility for ensuring adherence to diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms and protocols, and ensure an environment of safe quality care for a wide range of care needs. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical competence, sound judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and personal initiative to sustain professional development.

 

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

Download the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Facts 2016-2017   to learn more about our services and facilities.

 

 

Internal Number: 1806277
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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