Inpatient APP Manager for Medical & Surgical CVICU

* Manage and oversee APPs across both the Medical and Surgical CVICU units, ensuring high standards of care and operational efficiency.* Provide mentorship, guidance, and leadership to APP team leads and their respective teams.* Collaborate with cardiologists, heart failure physicians, and intensivists to support patient care delivery models tailored to each unit.* Actively participate in clinical care (50% of the role), delivering expert patient care in a CVICU setting.* Drive quality improvement initiatives and optimize clinical workflows at the unit level.* Support and contribute to scholarly activities, promoting evidence-based practices.* Lead recruitment efforts for the Surgical CVICU expansion set for October 2026- **Education:** * Master's + Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) + Physician Assistant (PA)- **Experience:** * Minimum of 3+ years as an APP, ideally in an ICU setting (CVICU background strongly preferred). * At least 2 years of leadership experience managing teams in a critical care environment. * Experience working across multiple ICU settings strongly preferred. * Proven expertise in optimizing clinical operations and care delivery on a unit level. * Demonstrated interest and involvement in quality improvement and scholarly projects. * Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively lead multidisciplinary teams.## PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO.***Our vision:****The world leader in advancing personalized health.****Our mission:****personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities.****Making Health Care Personal.***We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.At VUMC, we place a priority on designing with and for our patients and families. We value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and discovery, and seek to be a place where everyone has the chance to thrive.We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and expanding footprint in towns and communities across the region.We employ more than 28,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and graduate medical education as well as critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fund-raising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many more. Our growing health system has more than 1,700 licensed hospital beds at:* Vanderbilt University Hospital* Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt* Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital* Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital* Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital* Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital* Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalIt’s also home to hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region. We serve our community with many unique and specialized services including the Level 1 Trauma Center, a highly experienced Transplant Center that does the most heart transplants in the world, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lung Institute, Burn Center and many more.World-leading academic departments and centers make scientific discoveries, advance clinical care and train the next generation of health care professionals. Our robust research enterprise consistently ranks among the highest in the country as measured by peer-reviewed grant funding from the National Institutes of Health.We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals, including being nationally ranked in multiple medical specialties for treating the most complex conditions in adults and children by *US News and World Report*. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked as the No. 1 children’s hospital in the southeast in 2024.We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at VUMC for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.Join us in **Making Health Care Personal.** #J-18808-Ljbffr Montgomery College