Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA/APP)-Neurocritical Care

This role sits at the heart of high-acuity neurological care, where clinical precision and rapid decision-making directly influence patient outcomes. As part of a specialized neurocritical care team, you will help manage some of the most complex and dynamic cases in acute care medicine while advancing your expertise in a highly collaborative academic environment.

Join UVA Health's Neurocritical Care team and contribute to a closed Neurosciences ICU delivering advanced, multidisciplinary care. This role offers a distinctive blend of high-intensity ICU practice and intermediate care, creating both clinical depth and sustainable balance for experienced and early-career APPs alike.

The Role:

This position offers a unique dual-practice model across the Neuro ICU and Neuro Intermediate Care Unit, providing continuous exposure to both high-acuity and step-down patient populations. You will manage your own patient panel while collaborating closely with neurology, neurosurgery, anesthesia, and critical care teams in a fast-paced, academically rich environment.

On a typical day, you will:

• Provide direct care to patients with intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, spinal cord injury, status epilepticus, and post-operative neurosurgical conditions

• Manage a diverse and complex patient load across ICU and intermediate care settings

• Participate in 24/7 ICU coverage, including rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and holidays (40 hours/week)

• Transition between high-acuity ICU care and intermediate care rotations with reduced night and weekend burden during non-ICU assignments

• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team including APPs, residents, fellows, and attending physicians

• Utilize advanced clinical judgment in a fast-moving environment requiring real-time decision-making

• Engage in a care model that emphasizes both clinical autonomy and team-based coordination

This is an ideal opportunity for an APP who thrives in complexity, values clinical ownership, and is motivated to deepen expertise in neurocritical care.

Advanced Practice Provider Scope of Practice:

Clinical

• Provides expert evidence-based, top-of-scope care in their clinical practice

• Acts as part of a specialty team, collaborating with other clinicians as appropriate

• Provides health education to patients

• Maintains accurate, timely, and thorough documentation

• Ensures compliance with institutional and regulatory standards

Leadership

• Supports development of best practices and protocols in specialty

• Serves on committees and workgroups to enhance patient care

• Provides education to learners in the clinical space

• Mentors new team members

Administration

• Contributes to clinical quality improvement work

• Participates in professional governance through the APP Council

• Attends team development meetings at local and departmental levels

Professional

• Adheres to ASPIRE values in all professional interactions

• Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, and specialty training competencies

• Participates in local, state, and national professional organizations

Background checks and pre-employment health screenings will be conducted on all new hires prior to employment. All safety-sensitive positions with direct patient interaction also require a drug screen.

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Why UVA Health:

UVA Health offers a compelling environment for APPs seeking both clinical excellence and long-term career growth within an academic medical center recognized for innovation and patient-centered care.

• Academic Medical Center Excellence
  Practice within a nationally recognized academic health system where interdisciplinary collaboration, research exposure, and continuous learning are embedded in daily care delivery.

• Cutting-Edge Neurocritical Care
  Work with advanced multimodal cerebral monitoring technologies not widely available across institutions, positioning you at the forefront of neurocritical innovation.

• Distinctive Dual-Setting Practice Model

• Combination of Neuro ICU + Intermediate Care

• Offers clinical variety and a more balanced workload compared to ICU-only roles

• Built-in flexibility with reduced nights/weekends during intermediate rotations

• Autonomy with Strong Clinical Support

• Manage your own patients with a high degree of independence

• Backed by experienced attendings, fellows, and peer APPs

• A culture that balances ownership with mentorship

• Structured Onboarding and Professional Development

• Dedicated APP mentor for onboarding

• Regular feedback cadence and individualized training progression

• Flexibility in training duration to ensure confidence and competence

• Clear pathway to becoming an advanced neurocritical care provider

• Highly Collaborative Team Environment
  Join a well-established, high-performing team with a wide range of experience levels, fostering mentorship, knowledge sharing, and long-term stability.

• Exposure to Complex, High-Acuity Cases
  Build deep clinical expertise managing patients in a closed neuro ICU with specialized neurological and neurosurgical conditions

• Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.