NP or PA - Interventional Cardiology / Cath Lab - Days

Organization

VUH Advanced Practice Provider

Job Summary

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 will demonstrate 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.

Shift

Days – 7:30 a.m.‑5:30 p.m. (four 10‑hour shifts per week)

The Job

The NP or Physician Assistant will provide care for patients pre‑ and post‑procedure in the Cardiac Cath Lab and Electrophysiology lab, working four 10‑hour shifts Mon‑Sat.

Key Responsibilities

1‑2 years of hospital‑based APP experience is strongly preferred.

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents a complete, system‑focused, or symptom‑specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.
• Collaborates to provide 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, both pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic, including 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.

Technical Capabilities

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and a responsible attitude toward patients, the profession, and society. Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Patient and Family‑Centered Care (Advanced): Demonstrates compassionate, appropriate, and effective care for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and end‑of‑life care. Uses health assessment skills to differentiate between normal, variations of normal, and abnormal findings. Employs screening and diagnostic strategies in diagnosis development, prescribes medications within scope, and manages patients and families over time and across the continuum. Creates a climate of patient‑centered care that includes confidentiality, privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect, incorporating cultural and spiritual preferences. Preserves patient control in decision making by negotiating a mutually acceptable plan of care, integrating ethical principles, and using electronic health records to capture data.
• Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced): Demonstrates established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and social sciences and the application of their knowledge to patient care and education of others. Maintains current evidence‑based knowledge through continuous learning and educates patients, families, students, and the healthcare team in clinical topics.
• Practice‑Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced): Uses scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care practices, proactively implementing interventions to improve quality.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced): Communicates practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writing, establishing and maintaining professional relationships.
• Professionalism (Advanced): Demonstrates continuous professional development, ethical practice, and responsible attitude toward patients, the profession, and society, participating in committees and professional activities that influence advanced practice.

Position Qualifications

Licensed Nurse Practitioner – Tennessee, Physician Assistant Certified – Tennessee, Registered Nurse – Tennessee

Certifications

TN license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant; ACNP or AGACNP certified for Nurse Practitioner; PA certified for Physician Assistant.

Work Experience

Relevant work experience.

Experience Level

Less than 1 year.

Education

Master’s.

Benefits

• Affordable high‑quality health plan options
• Dental and/or vision plan
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Paid time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short‑ and long‑term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more – ask about the current inpatient nursing supplemental pay program.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.