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

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating closely with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. The APP provides specialized care to hospitalized patients and supports high-quality, evidence-based medical services. The role requires advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication, and adherence to clinical pathways and protocols. The APP is 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, consultation, referrals, and care transitions, within the relevant scope of practice. The position is within Vanderbilt Health’s inpatient advanced practice organization.

Requirements

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), or Physician Assistant (PA) qualification.
Nurse Practitioners must be acute care practitioners.
Cardiology experience required.
Tennessee licensure as a Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Registered Nurse, as applicable.
Master’s degree.
Ability to provide inpatient acute and complex care within scope of practice.

Nice To Haves

Electrophysiology (EP) APP experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
Collaborate in providing primary, acute, and complex patient care and manage patients’ overall care, identifying 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 therapeutic pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical 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 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 application of clinical knowledge.
Use scientific evidence and data to evaluate and improve patient care practices and outcomes.
Provide compassionate, culturally responsive, patient- and family-centered care, and involve patients or their designees in care decisions.
Communicate practice knowledge effectively in oral and written form and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and healthcare teams.