Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner
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Job Description
About the Role
Join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner – Vanderbilt in United States.
Key Responsibilities
- focused, or symptom
- pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes. Utilizes evidence
- centered care recognizing the patient or designee as a full partner in decision making. Creates a climate of patient
Requirements
- Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
- Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
- Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation:
- Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Benefits & Compensation
- Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.
- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
- Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Services:
- Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.
Apply to join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner – Vanderbilt.
Key Skills
Position Insights
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner at VUMC a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Occupational Medicine nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.
This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.
Occupational Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
This Occupational Medicine position at VUMC is open to nurse practitioner candidates.
Nurse Practitioners are among the fastest-growing healthcare professions, with expanding scope of practice in many states and strong demand for telehealth and primary care roles.
Nationally, Occupational Medicine professionals earn a median annual salary of approximately $260k, with the typical range spanning $200k to $340k depending on experience, location, and practice setting.
Location & Logistics
This position is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. For a nurse practitioner earning $300k, the absence of state income tax can represent $15k–$30k or more in annual savings.
Why This Position Stands Out
- No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
- No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time
Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits
Key skills and qualifications: Primary Care, Urgent Care, Acute Illness Treatment, Chronic Illness Management, Preventative Healthcare, Diagnosis, Treatment Planning, Pharmacologic Interventions. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Occupational Medicine role.
Core responsibilities: The Nurse Practitioner obtains and documents health histories, performs physical examinations, and collaborates in providing healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex patient care, managing overall patient care and identifying expected outcomes. They order, perform, and interpret diagnosti...
Benefits package: Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options, Dental and/or vision plan, 403(b) retirement plan, Paid Time off (flex PTO), Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance, Short-Long term disability, Subsidized backup childcare. A comprehensive benefits package is an important factor in evaluating total compensation beyond base salary.
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Benefits & Perks
Work-Life Balance Score
Protective Factors (2)
No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)
No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)
Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.
Job Details
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted
1mo ago
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