Advanced Practice Fellow - Pediatric Cardiology

About this role

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center :  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization: CTS/Cardiology Job Summary: The Advanced Practice Fellow works in collaboration with and is an integral member of a interdisciplinary health care team. The Advanced Practice Fellow should have a basic foundation in evidence-based practice and demonstrate adequate medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation. The Advanced Practice Fellow may function in a variety of inpatient and outpatient care settings throughout the fellowship to optimize learning experiences.

Focused learning experiences will be provided that enable the Advanced Practice Fellow to develop and refine essential specialty specific clinical and critical thinking skills promoting top of license practice. Immersion into an environment of collaborative interdisciplinary care will assure cost effective, quality, patient centered care. Additionally, an expanded incorporation of evidenced-based practice into care and utilization of improvement processes will be demonstrated by completion of a specialty-relevant project. . Take the next step in your professional journey with the Pediatric Heart Institute Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Our program is a 12- month postgraduate structured fellowship which provides immersive training in both inpatient and ambulatory areas of pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, and pediatric cardiac critical care through a comprehensive, mentored learning experience.

Why Choose the Pediatric Heart Institute APP Fellowship? • Specialized Clinical Training: Gain experience across all areas of the pediatric heart institute over the course of the fellowship. Primary areas of focus will be pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, and pediatric cardiac ICU with additional exposure to PHI subspeciality areas including pediatric heart failure/transplant, single-ventricle team, cath lab, pediatric cardiac imaging, etc.

• Expert Mentorship: Work alongside experienced APPs, physicians, and multidisciplinary team members dedicated to your professional growth and development.

• Structured Fellowship Curriculum: Participate in didactic education, simulation training, procedural learning, case reviews, and evidence-based practice experiences designed specifically for APP fellows.

• Progressive Clinical Responsibility: Build confidence and autonomy through a graduated training experience with individualized support and competency-based milestones.

• Leadership & Professional Development: Explore opportunities in quality improvement, research, education, committee involvement, and professional conference participation.

• Nationally Recognized Heart Program: Train within a leading pediatric cardiac center committed to innovation, excellence, and outstanding patient outcomes.

Time Commitment:  12-months: January 1, 2027 - December 31, 2027

Qualifications: • Master’s Degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant studies

• National Board Certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care (PNCB-AC) or Physician Assistant (PA)

• TN License/Certificate of Fitness to prescribe, eligible for NPI and DEA

• Interest in Pediatric Cardiac Care

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Assessment of Health Status: • Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination.

• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.

• Assesses for risks associated with care including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.

• Participates in daily huddles or rounds with the interdisciplinary team as applicable and actively collaborates in formulating and evaluating ongoing plan of care across the continuum.

Diagnosis: • Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making accurate and diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.

• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.

• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.

• Diagnoses complications and identifies appropriate interventions.

Formulates Plan of Care: • Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, formulates and documents a plan of care to address acute and complex, chronic health care needs.

• Utilizes evidenced-based practice guidelines or protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.

• Implements and modifies plan of care: • Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical (as needed) to achieve expected outcomes.

• Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, performance and interpretation.

• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

Communication and Collaboration: • Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team members.

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