Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Licensure
Accomplishments
Timeline
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William Cameron

William Cameron

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Columbia,TN

Summary

Highly qualified board certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with over 18 years of healthcare experience at a nationally recognized academic medical center. Driven by delivering excellent patient care centered on evidence, compassion, and holistic approach.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Vanderbilt Heart

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
02.2020 - Current
  • Work with a multidisciplinary team including general and interventional cardiologists as an integral part of an inpatient acute care consult service for Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, TN
  • Provide care to patients with a variety of cardiac illnesses including STEMI, NSTEMI, heart failure, arrythmia, and device placements. Consult with hospitalists, emergency, and critical care teams regarding acute/complex/chronic cardiology care needs
  • Implemented outpatient clinic coverage for patients to be seen 1-2 weeks post hospital discharge. Provide outpatient coverage 1 day per week on an 8 week rotating schedule with other NP/PA team members

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Float Intensivist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
07.2017 - 01.2020

Surgical Intensive Care Units and Surgical Inpatient Float Intensivist

  • Provide critical care services for Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Trauma Critical Care Unit, and other inpatient surgical services as a float ACNP
  • Provide leadership as EPIC peer trainer and various quality improvement committees
  • Co-chair Critical Care Boot Camp; a nationally recognized educational conference for critical care nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Director of Advance Practice for Surgical Services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
04.2015 - 06.2017
  • Responsible for administrative/clinical leadership for over 70 advanced practice providers in the areas of Burn ICU, Surgical ICU, Trauma ICU, Trauma Acute Care, Emergency General Surgery, General Surgery, Urology, Plastic Surgery, Interventional Pain, Oralmaxillofacial Surgery, Surgical/Medical Weight Loss, and Colorectal Surgery
  • Represent and provide leadership for advanced practice on several institutional committees, councils, and policy groups
  • Provide leadership for advanced practice regarding recruitment, onboarding, and orientation of new teams and new team members.
  • Maintain clinical practice in Surgical ICU

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Team Lead

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
08.2012 - 03.2015

Surgical Intensive Care Unit

  • Plan and provide care for a variety of critically ill surgical patients using evidence based practice model with 24/7 coverage, participate in multidisciplinary rounds and perform procedures (CVC, arterial lines, bronchoscopies, PAC insertion, postpyloric feeding tubes, suturing, chest tube removals, drain management, wound care)
  • Lead ACNP for a team of 10 ACNPs, attend all leadership meetings, act as liaison between SICU Medical Director and ACNP team. Preceptor for ACNP students.
  • Provided leadership to create post surgical liver transplant care pathway protocol resulting in better team communication, decreased length of stay, and financial savings to patient.
  • Co-led creation of new ACNP team practice model. Implemented new orientation program for new team members
  • Promoted to Director of Advanced Practice for Surgical Services

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Liver Transplant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
08.2011 - 08.2012
  • Plan/provide care for hepatobiliary surgery and hepatology patients during their pre-transplant and post-transplant periods, including immunosuppression therapy management
  • Plan/provide care for hepatology patients in an outpatient setting including HCV, HBV, PBC, PSC, NASH, cryptogenic cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Participated in weekly radiology conference and provided leadership for new database creation

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
12.2009 - 07.2011
  • Hired as one of four ACNPs to start a 24/7 coverage advance practice team in the Surgical ICU. Work with a multidisciplinary team to provide care to patients recovering from a variety of surgeries including head and neck, abdominal, liver transplant, reconstructive, emergency/general surgery, urology, and orthopedic.
  • Instrumental in developing team protocols and practice model
  • Provide leadership/mentoring to ACNP students, interns, and residents
  • Faculty: Assistant in Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2009-2019)
  • Faculty: Associate, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Registered Nurse II: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
05.2006 - 11.2009
  • Provide holistic patient care in a 23-bed Surgical ICU to a diverse patient population recovering from post operative critical illness
  • Provided leadership as resource RN, competency verifications for RN team, preceptor for new RNs, super user for medical administration software and pyxis
  • ACCN Beacon Award committee member resulting in the SICU receiving its first Beacon Award

Nurse Extern: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
05.2005 - 04.2006
  • Responsible for patient care under the supervision of a RN. Job granted on a competitive basis with over 200 applicants for 40 available positions. RN position granted as a result of job performance (last year of BSN program)

Emergency Department Admitting Clerk

United Regional Medical Center
Manchester, TN
07.2004 - 05.2005
  • Received/admitted patients into the ED of a 38-bed rural medical center. Provided RNs with technical support including chart management, patient transportation, and census reporting (part time during BSN program)

WORK PREVIOUS TO HEALTHARE

Various
01.1990 - 05.2003

Crossroads Church, Northglenn, CO

Director of Music and Creative Arts

January 1999 - May 2003


Grace Church, Columbia, TN

Director of Music and Arts

February 1996 - December 1998


Benson Music, Nashville, TN

Copyright Licensing Supervisor

January 1990 - December 1996

Education

Master of Science - Nursing; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville, TN
06.2007 - 07.2009

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
06.2003 - 05.2006

Bachelor of Arts - Music Performance

Colorado Christian University
Denver, CO
01.1986 - 05.1989

Skills

Leadership

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Certification

ANCC: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Licensure

  • Registered Nurse Licensure subcompact license in Tennessee; 2006 to current
  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license in Tennessee; 2009 to current
  • DEA license; 2009 to current
  • NPI; 2009 to current

     - License number verifications available upon request -


Accomplishments

  • Multiple invited presentations both locally and nationally on subjects such as liver transplantation, critical care guidelines, mentorship, critical care team building and orientation, care of the head and neck surgical patient, and team retention
  • Presentation award at 2017 Society of Critical Care Medicine in Honolulu, HI: Quality Initiatives Regarding the Addition of ACNPs to a Level I Trauma ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Presented in Snap Shot Theater and awarded the Surgical Section Award.
  • Co-Chair of the Critical Care Boot Camp National Conference for critical care NPs and PAs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for 7 years.
  • Attendee to ACCN NTI, SCCM, AANP, and UNOS training seminars
  • 2 time employee of the month; Vanderbilt SICU
  • 2 time provider of the month; Vanderbilt SICU
  • MTSU nursing student council president and 2006 Outstanding Leadership Award
  • Past memberships in SCCM, Men in Nursing, ACCN. Current member of ACC, ANCC

Timeline

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Vanderbilt Heart

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
02.2020 - Current

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Float Intensivist

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
07.2017 - 01.2020

Director of Advance Practice for Surgical Services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
04.2015 - 06.2017

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Team Lead

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
08.2012 - 03.2015

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Liver Transplant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
08.2011 - 08.2012

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
12.2009 - 07.2011

Master of Science - Nursing; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
06.2007 - 07.2009

Registered Nurse II: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
05.2006 - 11.2009

Nurse Extern: Surgical ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
05.2005 - 04.2006

Emergency Department Admitting Clerk

United Regional Medical Center
07.2004 - 05.2005

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Middle Tennessee State University
06.2003 - 05.2006

WORK PREVIOUS TO HEALTHARE

Various
01.1990 - 05.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Music Performance

Colorado Christian University
01.1986 - 05.1989

ANCC: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

2009-10

BLS, ACLS

2022-06
William CameronAcute Care Nurse Practitioner