Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Skip to main contentSign InNurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit page is loadedNurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Pediatric Intensive Care UnitApplylocationsNashville, TNtime typeFull timeposted onPosted 29 Days Agojob requisition idR-60770Discover 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. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness 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.Organization:PICUJob Summary:The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is an integral member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, delivering expert care in the Critical Care setting. This role involves managing high-acuity intensive care unit (ICU) patients with unstable conditions who require intensive oversight, frequent rounding, and specialized care. Patients may include those in medical and surgical ICUs with complex needs requiring advanced interventions. The APP is responsible for managing complex conditions while ensuring delivery of safe, high-quality care. This role requires advanced medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical proficiency, professionalism, and excellent interpersonal communication skills. The APP is also accountable for timely and compliant documentation, ongoing professional development, and competency validation. With a strong foundation of medical knowledge, the APP combines evidence-based practice with clinical expertise to meet the unique needs of critical care patients..Position Hours:Full-TimeNights12 Hour Shifts (Mix of 1700 - 0500 and 1800 - 0500 Shifts)Department Summary:Monroe Carell's state-of-the-art, 42-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is dedicated to the care of critically ill children. Our ICU team includes pediatricians who are board certified in critical care medicine. We work together with nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, case managers, child life specialists, pharmacologists and nutritionists to provide the highest quality care possible for critically ill children around the clock.Your child's safety and the quality of care we provide your family is of utmost priority. We ensure this with regular reviews of our practices, along with continuous improvement efforts.Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (CPNP-AC) or Physician Assistant (PA)KEY RESPONSIBILITIESObtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patients’ 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.Prescribes therapeutic interventions for both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.Initiates appropriate referrals and consultationsProvides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within a specialty scope of practice.Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within...