Inpatient Neurosurgery NP/PA — Night Shift, Full-Time

Vanderbilt Health; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

403(b) retirement plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (AGACNP/ACNP) to join the Neurosurgery team in an inpatient setting. The APP collaborates with physicians and care teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care, maintaining clinical pathways and ensuring accurate documentation.

The role emphasizes advanced clinical knowledge, teamwork, and ongoing professional development within a leading academic medical center environment, with night shifts and rotating

Qualifications

• TN license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
• Physician Assistant (PA)

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 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.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Education

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (AGACNP/ACNP) to join the Neurosurgery team in an inpatient setting. The APP collaborates with physicians and care teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care, maintaining clinical pathways and ensuring accurate documentation.

The role emphasizes advanced clinical knowledge, teamwork, and ongoing professional development within a leading academic medical center environment, with night shifts and rotating