Advanced Practice Provider; NP or PA - Epilepsy Division

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Neurology

The specialty APP in the ambulatory care setting works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The specialty APP is generally service/physician aligned, managing a distinct patient population in the outpatient setting. The APP functioning primarily in a clinic setting may be required to perform some coordination of inpatient care. The specialty clinic APP has a strong foundation in evidence based practice/education and is responsible for ensuring adherence to clinical pathways/protocols and ensures an environment of safe quality care.

The APP demonstrates an advanced level of medical knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and responsible for professional development and competency validation.

Monday-Friday typical clinic hours
No call, no weekends, no holidays
100% outpatient setting

The Epilepsy Division is home to a team of experts dedicated to individualized patient care, groundbreaking epilepsy research, and training the next generation of epileptologists. The occurrence of seizures greatly diminishes quality of life for patients, which is why the goal of the Epilepsy Division is to develop curative treatment plans to completely eliminate seizures. The Vanderbilt Epilepsy Center is the largest and only adult level 4 epilepsy center in Tennessee.

It serves patients from a multistate region with cutting‑edge technologies and surgical treatment options. It incorporates a very busy eight‑bed adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), ICU EEG, IOM, and Epilepsy surgery services, as well as an outpatient clinic. The EMU performs long‑term EEG‑video monitoring, allowing neurologists to record seizures to characterize, classify, and localize them in order to determine the best treatment options.

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner OR Licensed Physician Assistant

• Previous experience in a high‑volume clinic
• Neurology experience
• Outpatient experience

• 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 or physician assistant 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 clinic schedule with the attending physician team, presents patient report, collaborates in plan of care, and follows assigned patient population.
• 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…