Nurse Practitioner (PCCU - Peds Acute Care Certification Required)
Vanderbilt Health
Description PCCU Nurse Practitioner (Peds Acute Care Certification Required)
Your Role:
The critical care nurse practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The critical care NP generally functions as an intensivist within a designated intensive care unit and manages the critical care aspects of the assigned patient's intensive care stay from admission to transfer. The critical care NP has a strong foundation in evidenced based practice and education and has a responsibility for ensuring adherence to critical care pathways and protocols and ensures an environment of safe quality care. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. This job is a 24/7 position and requires days, nights and weekends.
Position Qualifications:
Required:
Master's Degree (or equivalent experience) and 1 year nursing experience required; 12 months of critical care nursing experience preferred; Advanced practice critical care nursing experience desirable.
Position Shift:
Variable Shift
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