Advanced Practice Provider- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

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PCICU

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is an integral member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, delivering expert care in the Critical Care setting. This role involves managing high‑acuity intensive care unit (ICU) patients with unstable conditions who require intensive oversight, frequent rounding, and specialized care. Patients may include those in medical and surgical ICUs with complex needs requiring advanced interventions. The APP is responsible for managing complex conditions while ensuring delivery of safe, high‑quality care.

This role requires advanced medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical proficiency, professionalism, and excellent interpersonal communication skills. The APP is also accountable for timely and compliant documentation, ongoing professional development, and competency validation. With a strong foundation of medical knowledge, the APP combines evidence‑based practice with clinical expertise to meet the unique needs of critical care patients.

• Full‑Time
• Nights
• 3 Shifts Per Week

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is seeking APPs to join our highly specialized Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) team.

As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will work collaboratively with pediatric cardiac intensivists, congenital heart surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other multidisciplinary team members to provide exceptional care for infants, children, and adolescents with complex congenital and acquired heart disease.

This position offers the opportunity to practice in a high‑acuity environment while contributing to innovative patient care, education, and quality improvement initiatives.

The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit provides comprehensive care for critically ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The team manages patients across the continuum of cardiac care, including:

• Preoperative and postoperative congenital heart surgery
• Complex cardiac medical management
• Transplant care
• Multidisciplinary cardiac critical care

The APP will:

• Perform comprehensive histories and physical examinations
• Develop differential diagnoses and treatment plans
• Manage critically ill pediatric cardiac patients in collaboration with attending physicians
• Order, interpret, and integrate diagnostic testing
• Perform evidence‑based clinical management and therapeutic interventions
• Facilitate admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Coordinate care across disciplines and care settings
• Provide patient and family‑centered education and support
• Document care accurately and efficiently in the electronic health record
• Participate in quality improvement, professional development, and scholarly activities

• Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
• Certification as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (CPNP‑AC)
• Eligibility for Tennessee licensure and…