Emergency Advanced Practice Provider - PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Clarksville, TN

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is an integral member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, delivering expert care in the Critical Care setting. The 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 manages complex conditions while ensuring safe, high-quality care, applying advanced medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical proficiency, professionalism, and excellent interpersonal communication. The role also requires timely and compliant documentation, ongoing professional development, and competency validation. Evidence-based practice and clinical expertise are used to meet the needs of critical care patients. The APP works in the Emergency Medicine Community at Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital, which provides emergency care to Clarksville and the surrounding area. The position provides an opportunity to make an impact within Vanderbilt Health and is supported by a benefits package that may include health, disability, retirement, and wellness offerings.

Requirements

Master's degree.
Tennessee licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, and Tennessee Registered Nurse licensure as applicable.
Relevant work experience; the listed experience level is less than one year.

Nice To Haves

For Nurse Practitioners: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) qualification; Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) preferred, with emergency medicine provider experience.
For Physician Assistants: At least one year of emergency medicine provider experience.
Provider experience outside emergency medicine, including ICU or cardiovascular (CV) experience, will be considered.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
In collaboration with others, provide healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex patient care; manage patients’ overall care and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions needed to achieve expected outcomes.
Use evidence-based, approved practice protocols when planning and implementing care.
Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations.
Provide specialty-specific consultation services upon request and within the scope of practice.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within healthcare settings, including admission, transfer, and discharge.
Document findings, assessments, and plans of care in the electronic health record.
Maintain current evidence-based knowledge through continuous learning and contribute to quality improvement in clinical practice.

Benefits

Affordable high-quality health plan options.
Dental and/or vision plan.
403(b) retirement plan.
Paid time off (flex PTO).
Tuition reimbursement.
Adoption assistance, subject to maximums.
Short- and long-term disability.
Subsidized backup childcare.
An inpatient nursing supplemental pay program is mentioned; details are available by inquiry.
The role may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.