NP or PA - Vascular Surgery

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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. 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 demonstrates advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, and professional communication skills. The APP is accountable for timely and compliant documentation and actively participates in professional development and competency validation to maintain high standards of care.

6:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (10‑hour shift position; average 4 shifts per week. Flexing depends on schedule. Covers weekends and holidays on rotation with the team.)

Each year, the Department of Vascular Surgery provides comprehensive care to approximately 6,000 patients who suffer from vascular diseases and conditions. We treat peripheral arterial disease, carotid disease, visceral and renovascular disorders, and aneurysm disease of the thorax, abdomen and extremities. Minimally invasive techniques are routinely applied in the management of peripheral interventions, as well as in the management of aneurysms.

As part of the Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, we provide care in a single location for patients with cardiovascular disease.

No OR work in this role.

Acute Care NP role. AGACNP or ACNP certifications required.

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system‑focused, or symptom‑specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• 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 (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.

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced):
  Demonstrates sufficient proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward patients, the profession and society.
• Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced):
  Demonstrates compassionate, appropriate and effective care for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life.
• 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.
• Practice‑Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced):
  Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to…