Physician Assistant Medical / Pulmonary ICU

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Job Summary:

Vanderbilt University Hospital is expanding!

We are hiring Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners for the Medical/Pulmonary ICU that will be located in a new 15-story tower on the hospital's main campus. Advanced Practice Providers will also provide patient care in the MICU.

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Relocation bonus available for eligible candidates.

POSITION SHIFT

• Nights
• 7p-9a
•  Two-three shifts per week

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The environment on this brand-new unit will be upbeat and challenging with strong team collaboration among providers and nurses. APPs will have a large amount of autonomy and support.

APPs will manage patient care for patients being treated for:

• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
• Multisystem Organ Failure
• Sepsis
• Drug Overdoses
• Gastrointestinal Bleeds
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Hypertensive Crisis
• Acute/Chronic Renal Failure
• Liver Failure/Cirrhosis
   

PA Qualifications
Consideration may be given to candidates that can obtain license/certification within 3 months, in accordance with state guidelines.
-Tennessee Physician Assistant License (Required within 3 months of hire)
-National Specialty Board Certification (Required within 3 months of hire).
-Eligible for NPI and DEA (which will be required within 3 months of hire)

NP Qualifications
Consideration may be given to candidates that can obtain license/certification within 3 months, in accordance with state guidelines.
-12 months of nursing experience preferred.
-12 months of nurse practitioner experience in critical care preferred.
-Tennessee Advanced Practice Nursing License with Certificate of Fitness to Prescribe (Required within 3 months of hire).
-National Specialty Board Certification in Acute or Critical Care, specific to age population; Eligible for NPI and DEA (which will be required within 3 months of hire)

JOB SUMMARY
The Critical Care Physician Assistant (PA) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The PA provides healthcare in  critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. The PA has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The 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 PA has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• 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.
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