NP or PA - Electrophysiology (EP) (Inpatient) - Day Shift

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. The APP provides specialized care for hospitalized patients and supports high-quality, evidence-based medical services while following established clinical pathways and protocols. The role requires advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, and professional communication. The APP is also responsible for timely, compliant documentation and participates in professional development and competency validation. The position is scheduled for four 10-hour days per week, with weekend coverage once every six weeks. The APP provides acute and complex patient care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referrals, consultations, and coordination of transitions between healthcare settings. Cardiology experience is required; EP APP experience is strongly preferred. Nurse practitioners must be acute care certified.

Requirements

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), or Physician Assistant (PA) qualification.
Cardiology experience required.
Nurse practitioners must be acute care.
Required Tennessee licensure or certification as applicable: Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Physician's Assistant Certified, or Registered Nurse.
Master's degree.
Relevant work experience; experience level listed as less than one year.

Nice To Haves

EP APP experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
Collaborate in providing primary, acute, and complex patient care; manage overall care and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and 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 to plan and implement 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.
Maintain timely and compliant documentation and participate in professional development and competency validation.
Educate patients, families, students, and healthcare team members on clinical topics and the application of clinical knowledge.
Use scientific evidence and methods to evaluate and improve patient care practices and quality.