Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Burn ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

21h

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 manages high-acuity ICU patients with unstable conditions who require intensive oversight, frequent rounding, and specialized care, including patients with complex medical and surgical needs requiring advanced interventions. The APP manages complex conditions while ensuring safe, high-quality care and is accountable for timely, compliant documentation, professional development, and competency validation. The position is based in the Vanderbilt Burn ICU. The Vanderbilt Burn Center is a 23-bed Level I burn unit and regional referral center providing comprehensive specialized care for adult and pediatric burn patients. It cares for more than 600 inpatient admissions and 3,000 outpatient visits annually through a multidisciplinary team, and is committed to outreach, education, and research. The schedule consists of night shifts, three shifts per week, with rotating weekends and holidays. The position requires a Tennessee license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Nurse Practitioners must be ACNP or AGACNP certified, and Physician Assistants must be certified. Experience in a surgical/trauma or related ICU is preferred; new graduate PAs must have clinical experience in a related ICU. The listed experience level is less than one year, and the education requirement is a master’s degree.

Requirements

Tennessee license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
For Nurse Practitioners: ACNP or AGACNP certification.
For Physician Assistants: Physician Assistant certification.
New graduate Physician Assistants must have clinical experience in a related ICU.
Master’s degree.
Relevant work experience; the listed experience level is less than one year.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a surgical/trauma or related ICU is preferred.

Responsibilities

Obtain and document health histories and perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
In collaboration with the healthcare team, provide primary, acute, and complex patient care; manage overall patient care and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques and relevant diagnostic information and procedures.
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 ongoing 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 care practices and patient outcomes.
Communicate effectively and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
Participate in professional organizations, activities, and medical center committees that influence advanced 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 may be available; ask about current offerings.
The role may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.