Advanced Practice Provider - Surgical CVICU - Nights

Overview

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)

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Organization: VHVI VUH Advanced Practice Inpatient

Our CVICU is expanding, and we are looking for Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners NP or Physician Assistants PA) who are seeking a challenging career in Cardiac Critical Care in one of the leading Heart Transplant Centers in the world. The Critical Care NP/PA works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and provides healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs.

The NP/PA has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in the identified area of clinical practice. The NP 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 NP has advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

Sign-On Bonus: $15,000 Sign On Bonus for Candidates with a minimum of 1 or more years of Critical Care NP or Critical Care PA experience. The sign-on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past twelve months. The sign-on bonus is only available for full-time positions.

• Previous APP experience in a CVICU setting or previous RN experience in an ICU setting is preferred.
• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
• Physician Assistant (PA)

• Full-Time Night Shift
• Three 13-Hour Shifts Per Week

The Vanderbilt Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) utilizes a multidisciplinary approach specializing in the care of adult general and congenital cardiology, cardiac surgery, thoracic, transplant, and vascular patients. The CVICU promotes a respectful, team-oriented, quality-focused work environment that is inviting and gratifying to all patients, family members, and staff.

• Pre- & post-cardiac surgery
• Pre- & post-vascular surgery
• Heart failure
• STEMI
• Post-PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention)
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Structural heart disease
• Post-cardiac arrest
• ECMO
• Heart, lung transplant
• Mechanical assist devices

• 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.

• Professionalism (Advanced)
• Interpersonal and…