Pediatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - PCICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is seeking Advanced Practice Providers (Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants) to join their highly specialized Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) team. The PCICU cares for infants, children, and adolescents with complex congenital and acquired heart conditions. As an APP, you will work alongside pediatric cardiac intensivists, congenital heart surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other multidisciplinary team members to deliver exceptional care in a collaborative and supportive environment. This role offers the chance to practice in a high-acuity setting while developing expertise in advanced pediatric cardiac critical care, including ECMO, ventricular assist devices (VADs), heart transplantation, and complex postoperative cardiac surgical care. The Pediatric Heart Institute is entering a new era of growth and innovation following a transformational $40 million philanthropic investment. Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Requirements

• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (CPNP-AC) or Physician Assistant
• LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee
• LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee
• LIC-Registered Nurse - Tennessee
• Master's degree
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

• Prior APP Experience Preferred

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 patients’ 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 for 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 a 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
• Adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• Relocation assistance available for candidates relocating more than 100 miles from Nashville

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level