Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care or Physician Assistant - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Vanderbilt Health • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) plays a vital role in providing healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. This position involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to deliver high-quality care to critically ill children. The NP is responsible for comprehensive patient assessments, developing care plans, and implementing evidence-based interventions while ensuring professional development and competency validation.

Requirements

• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (CPNP-AC) or Physician Assistant (PA) certification required.
• LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee required.
• Relevant work experience of less than 1 year is preferred.
• Master's degree in nursing or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in pediatric critical care settings.
• Advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.
• Participation in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.

Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

Benefits

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and/or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree