Advanced Practice Provider (APP / PA / NP)–Inpatient Procedural Sedation Adult Acute Care

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Position Summary :

The University of Virginia Medical Center is seeking a dedicated and experienced Advanced Practice Provider (APP)—either an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA)—to join our Inpatient Procedural Sedation Service. This unique hybrid service provides moderate sedation to adult inpatients throughout the medical center, supporting a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

The APP plays a central role in evaluating patients, developing individualized sedation plans, and delivering procedural sedation in a safe and effective manner. This is a day / evening position that offers a dynamic mix of fixed-location sedation care and a roving / mobile service to meet patients where they are within the hospital.

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Key Responsibilities :

• Perform comprehensive pre-sedation assessments, including history, physical exam, ASA classification, and airway risk evaluation.
• Develop and implement sedation plans tailored to individual patient needs, clinical indications, and procedural requirements.
• Administer moderate sedation and monitor patients before, during, and after procedures in accordance with UVA protocols and safety standards.
• Serve as a procedural sedation expert and liaison to collaborating procedural teams.
• Document all clinical findings, sedation plans, medications administered, and patient responses in the EMR.
• Provide post-sedation evaluation and ensure safe recovery and hand-off.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical education related to procedural sedation.
• Collaborate closely with anesthesiology, proceduralists, nursing, and other multidisciplinary teams.
• Maintain proficiency in sedation pharmacology, airway management, and emergency response.

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Service Model :

o Fixed Sedation Suite : A centralized location within the medical center where patients are brought for sedation.

o Mobile Sedation Team : Delivers bedside procedural sedation across inpatient units for patients unable to travel or when procedures are performed in-unit.

Position Compensation Range : $93,142.40 - $149,032.00 Annual

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education : Graduate of an accredited graduate school of nursing or physician assistant program with a master’s degree.

Experience : Department and unit specific.

Licensure : License or license eligible as an Advance Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, Physician Associate, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, and Certified Nurse Midwife) as set forth by the state of Virginia. If Nurse Practitioner, license to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia is required. Must demonstrate and maintain all credentialing and licensing requirements of UVA Health System, the Virginia Board of Medicine or the Virginia Board of Nursing, and appropriate certifying bodies. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required. Current PALS / NRP, as required, specific to position. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as required, specific to position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending / stooping, reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive); Repetitive motion : computer keyboard. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift / push / pull 50 - 100lbs. May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood / body fluids and infectious disease.

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