Confirmation battles have sometimes been monumental. Some nominations never even get to a vote. What options would a non-major POTUS have? Why not both "advise" and "consent"?
What I'm thinking is to put it in the laps of the Senate leadership. Produce a list of 10 that both the majority leader and the minority leader will sign off that they will bring to a vote and confirm. POTUS picks any one of the 10. They advise, POTUS decides, they consent. If they dither and fail to produce a list, bash them both regularly & repeatedly over the head (politically this plays so wonderfully into the narrative that the two parties are non-functional), then ultimately do it the old fashioned way (for which you have at least bought additional time for vetting).
