Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Kidney Transplant (Inpatient)

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center seeks an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Abdominal Transplant, Advanced team. You will collaborate with physicians to manage a distinct inpatient population, deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, and ensure timely documentation.

Ideal candidates include AGACNP/ACNP or PA with strong clinical judgment and commitment to professional development. This full-time role offers a day shift with rotating weekends and opportunities in a

Qualifications

• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / ACNP or Physician Assistant (PA) required.
• Prior APP experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates evidence-based practice and professional communication; adheres to clinical pathways.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and document health history; perform and document comprehensive examinations and plans of care.
• Collaborate to provide primary, acute and complex care and manage overall patient care.
• Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostics.
• Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribe therapeutic interventions (pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, surgical) as needed.
• Utilize established practice protocols in planning and delivering care.
• Initiate referrals and consultations as appropriate.
• Provide specialty-specific consultation within scope of practice.
• Facilitate patient transitions between care settings (admission, transfer, discharge).
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Health assessment

Care coordination

Clinical documentation

Patient communication

Evidence-based practice

Education

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant degree

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health : With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization:

Abdominal Transplant, Advanced

Job Summary:

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating closely with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. Working with hospitalized patients, the APP provides specialized care and supports the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based medical services. This role requires a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and clinical education, with the APP responsible for adhering to established clinical pathways and protocols to ensure safe and effective patient care. The APP will demonstrate advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, and professional communication skills. In addition, the APP is accountable for timely and compliant documentation and actively participates in professional development and competency validation to maintain high standards of care.

Position Hours:

Full-Time

Day Shift (4 10 Hour Shifts Per Week)

Rotating Weekend Requirement

Department Summary:

“The Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) performed 960 solid organ transplants in 2025, the most ever completed by a single center in one year in the United States. Through dramatic growth, the VTC is now the nation's largest transplant center by volume, according to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing. The VTC saved 85 additional critically ill patients in calendar year 2025 than in 2024.”

https://news.vumc.org/2026/01/14/vanderbilt-transplant-center-nations-largest-after-performing-record-number-of-solid-organ-transplants-in-2025/

Vanderbilt Health is one of the oldest and largest kidney transplant programs in the country, providing patients with excellent outcomes and access to innovative new research and treatments. By pioneering new approaches, we are able to serve more patients, including high-risk patients who may not be candidates for transplantation at other medical centers. Our specialists also perform lifesaving dual-organ transplants for patients with liver- kidney or heart-kidney dysfunction.

Requireme nts:

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) Required

Prior APP Experience Strongly Preferred

KEY 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.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.

Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced): Demonstrates care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life. Within scope of licensure and certification, manages previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients. Uses health assessment skills to different