Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Trauma ICU

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Critical Care Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to join their dynamic team in Nashville. This role is pivotal in providing exceptional healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical competencies and a passion for patient-centered care, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the best outcomes for patients and their families. If you are committed to excellence in healthcare and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• TN license as Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant required.
• ACNP or AGACNP certification for Nurse Practitioner is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provides healthcare services in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs.
• Documents health history and performs physical examinations.

Skills

Critical Care Skills

Clinical Judgment

Interpersonal Communication

Patient Care Management

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Electronic Health Record Systems

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

VUH Advanced Practice Provider

Job Summary:

The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (NP)/Physician Assistant (PA) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. The NP/PA has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The APP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. The APP has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

Department Summary:

The Trauma ICU APP is the constant presence in the patient’s and family’s journey through what is often the toughest days and weeks of a person’s life. The Trauma ICU APP excels in critical care skills and management throughout the continuum of care. They are energetic and effective in the multidisciplinary team and are the glue that binds the team together with the goal of progressing a trauma patient’s care forward. They are the ear that listens and guides families throughout the fear, uncertainty, anger, and stress following the unique challenges of traumatic illness. They are committed to excellence in education, evidence-based practice, and continually strive for growth. They emulate power and purpose and believe in the unsurpassable strength of the TEAM.

Position Hours:

• Night shifts in the Trauma ICU
• 3 shifts per week, rotating weekends and holidays

Requirements:

• TN license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
• ACNP or AGACNP certified for Nurse Practitioner
• PA Certified for Physician Assistant
• Experience in the surgical/trauma or related ICU preferred
• New Grad PAs must have clinical experience in related ICU

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

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

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

1. Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.
2. Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in medical center committees, professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.
3. Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams. Communicates practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writing.
4. Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate and improve patient care practices. Anticipates variations in practice and is proactive in implementing interventions to improve quality. Uses best available evidence to continuously improve quality of clinical practice. Generates knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient outcomes. Reviews data and evidences to improve advanced practice. Integrates knowledge from the humanities and sciences within the context of nursing science.
5. Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced): Demonstrates established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others. Demonstrates knowledge of population focus but also other sciences that support his/her field of practice. Demonstrates knowledge of common and important health issues affecting society and other societies around the globe. Demonstrates commitment in maintaining current evidence based knowledge through continuous learning. Educates patients, families, students and other members of the healthcare team in clinical topics and application of clinical knowledge.
6. 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 differentiate between normal, variations of normal, and abnormal findings. Employs screening and diagnostic strategies in the development of diagnoses. Prescribes medications within scope of practice. Manages health/illness status of patients and families over time and across the continuum. Provides patient-centered care and the patient or designee as a full partner in decision making. Creates a climate of patient-centered care to include confidentiality privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect. Incorporates cultural and spiritual preferences, values and beliefs into health care. Preserves the patient's control over decision making by negotiating a mutually acceptable plan of care. Integrates ethical principles into decision making. Uses electronic health record to capture data on variables for the evaluation and management of patient care. Clearly documents findings, assessment and plan of care.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing.

Position Qualifications:

Certifications:

LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

Less than 1 year

Education:

Master's

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.