Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NP​/Physician Assistant PA – ICU Critical Care – Vanderbilt Tull

Overview

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Organization: VTHH Critical Care NPs

The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP/PA 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 NP/PA 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/PA has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

Position Hours

• Days/Nights
• 3 Shifts Per Week

We are looking for experienced APPs who are comfortable working independently and willing to build bridges as we develop relationships with new teams. Our regional hospital ICUs have between 10-14 ICU beds. They serve a mixed patient population, with the majority of patients being medical. The goal staffing model is 24-hour coverage with one day and one night APP (traditional 13-hour shifts) at each hospital;

however, during the initial period the APP will cover both ICUs but home based at VTHH.

Relocation available for candidates over 100+ miles

Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital (VTHH) and Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital (VBCH) are pleased to have made a significant impact on Coffee and Bedford County, through patients served, trainings offered, charity, salaries, investments and uncompensated care. With more than 450 employees at VTHH and 400 employees at VBH, we are one of the community’s largest employers. Through its seven hospitals and more than 180 clinics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center contributes nearly $1 billion in total community benefit and investment.

• Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital is a accredited by The Joint Commission, our 135-bed facility offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including an accredited Chest Pain Center, a 14-bed critical care unit
  , imaging services including nuclear medicine, labor and delivery with a Level 2 nursery, sleep medicine, orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation and more.
• Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital is a 60-bed facility offers a range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical care.
  10-bed dedicated to the critical care unit. Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital has once again received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog for fall 2024. This national distinction recognizes our hospital’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error
• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) Required;
  Prior APP or ICU Experience Preferred

• 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…