General Surgery Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Practice Provider - General Surgery

Join our collaborative General Surgery team at Centra Health, serving patients across Bedford Memorial Hospital and Lynchburg General Hospital. Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) play a vital role in patient caremanaging both new and established visits, rounding in the hospital, and supporting surgical patients throughout their continuum of care. APPs work closely with physicians and are supported by dedicated nursing staff, fostering efficiency, continuity of care, and strong patient relationships. At Bedford Memorial Hospital, we're proud of our warm culture and family-friendly community. Meanwhile, Lynchburg General Hospital provides a dynamic, fast-paced surgical environment where APPs gain exposure to a wide variety of cases and collaborate with a broad range of specialties. Together, these settings offer a balanced and rewarding practice.

Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices. Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginiafrom Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more. CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.

At Centra Medical Group, we're building a culture where Advanced Practice Providers thrive. Through our partnership with ThriveAPthe nation's leading transition-to-practice programnew graduate NPs and PAs receive a year of structured clinical education, mentorship, and peer learning to accelerate confidence and readiness. Join Centra Medical Group and grow with an organization that invests in your professional and long-term success. ThriveAP provides Family Medicine NPs and PAs with a structured transition-to-practice experience focused on clinical readiness, continuity of care, and long-term patient relationship building across diverse populations.

What We Offer:

• Competitive, transparent compensation represents a mix of base, hourly excess, and incentive pay.
• Student loan reimbursement
• Relocation
• CME allowance
• Centra is a not-for-profit health system; many of our providers are participating in the federal PSLF program.
• Short term disability automatically enrolled.
• 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and more.

Lynchburg, Virginia with a population of 85,000, is a great safe place to raise a family. Tons of outdoor activities to enjoy including hiking, biking, mountain bike trails, camping, boating, fishing & canoeing. Hike the beautiful Sharp Top Mountain or Appalachian Trail or Bike on the Blackwater Creek Trail or Percival's Island in the heart of the city. The Lynchburg Academy Center of the Arts offers some of America's finest performing artists. Enjoy an evening minor league baseball game with our Lynchburg Hillcats. Children will enjoy outdoor summer movies at the park, county fairs, apple orchards, pumpkin patches and picking blueberries & strawberries. They will love Amazement Square, an interactive hands-on children's museum in downtown Lynchburg. Beautiful Smith Mountain Lake is also nearby. Throughout our region, you'll find an extraordinary quality of life in friendly communities with remarkably diverse and affordable housing options. Whether you prefer urban lofts, historic mansions, suburban estates, waterfront condos, or traditional, tree-lined residential neighborhoods, it's all waiting for you here. Taxes and utility rates are very moderate, contributing to a low overall cost of living.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate daily with a core team of APPs, surgeons, and other specialties
• Work with Cerner EMR for seamless documentation
• Enjoy variable day shifts with rotating weekend/holiday coverage
• Have the opportunity to assist in operating room
• Evaluate patients in clinic for post-op and acute visits
• Round, consult, discharge, and manage inpatient care
• Order and interpret diagnostic evaluations and therapies
• Coordinate care with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team
• Equal call rotation with the general surgery APP team each call rotation is 5 days
• Call coverage is shared among APPs in both Lynchburg and Bedford, providing team-based flexibility.
• Flexible schedules with the option of 4x10s available.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program, and Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN)
• Current licensure by the Virginia State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority. Maintains BLS and ACLS Certifications. Hold a current, active license as a registered nurse in Virginia or hold a current multistate licensure privilege as a registered nurse. Nationally recognized certification in field of specialization

Job Info

• Job Identification 19352
• Job Category Physician and Advanced Practice Providers
• Posting Date 12/12/2025, 05:33 PM
• Locations 1901 Tate Springs Rd, Lynchburg, VA, 24501, US