Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Burn ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, 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 manages high-acuity 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, and applies advanced medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical proficiency, professionalism, and strong interpersonal communication. The APP is also responsible for timely and compliant documentation, ongoing professional development, and competency validation. 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. Its multidisciplinary team addresses patients’ and families’ physical and emotional needs, and the center is committed to outreach, education, research, and advancing innovative treatments. This position works night shifts in the Burn ICU, three shifts per week, with rotating weekends and holidays. The role requires a Tennessee license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Nurse Practitioners must be ACNP or AGACNP certified; 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.

Requirements

Tennessee license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
Nurse Practitioners must hold ACNP or AGACNP certification.
Physician Assistants must be certified.
Master’s education.
New-graduate Physician Assistants must have clinical experience in a related ICU.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a surgical/trauma or related ICU is 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 healthcare services, 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 when indicated.
Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions as 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 specialty scope of practice.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within healthcare settings, including admission, transfer, and discharge.
Document findings, assessments, and plans of care clearly and in a timely and compliant manner.
Maintain current evidence-based knowledge through continuous learning and professional development.
Educate patients, families, students, and healthcare team members on clinical topics and the application of clinical knowledge.
Use scientific evidence and data to evaluate and improve patient-care practices and outcomes.
Maintain professional relationships and communicate practice knowledge effectively, orally and in writing.
Fulfill safety and regulatory requirements and perform routine safety checks. Additional duties may be assigned.