Advanced Practice Provider Exempt - Infectious Disease

Advanced Practice Provider Exempt - Infectious Disease

Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

UNC Health Nash, an affiliated member of the UNC Health system, invites passionate healthcare professionals to join our esteemed team. Governed locally, we proudly serve a diverse patient base, spanning Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Wilson Counties, and beyond. With a steadfast commitment to elevating community health through exceptional care, we prioritize excellence, compassion, and innovation, ensuring every individual receives the highest standard of support. Joining our team means becoming an integral part of our dedication to wellness, where we constantly strive to redefine excellence in healthcare through state-of-the-art facilities and pioneering programs. Join us in this transformative journey, where your contributions will make a lasting impact on our community's health and wellbeing.

The Advanced Practice Provider will provide medical care for patients. These services will be performed under the direct supervision of the Infectious Disease doctor for Nash UNC Infectious Disease and/or designated backup physicians under North Carolina Law. The Advanced Practice Provider will provide medical care to patients in the UNC Health Nash setting or the Nash Infectious Disease clinic. The Advanced Care Provider will be involved with the care of the patient in any role which the supervising physician deems proper and consistent with applicable law, hospital regulations, and delineation of privileges, in combination with training, knowledge, skill, and experience of the Advanced Practice Provider. At no time will the Advanced Practice Provider order medications, provide care, or order/perform diagnostic tests outside the scope of practice of the Advanced Practice Provider or the supervising physician. Supervising Physician/Back-up Physician will be available for the Advanced Practice Provider at all times via telephone or pager. These numbers are kept on file in the Medical Staff Office as well as with the hospital's operators.

Responsibilities include maintaining a safe environment for patients, performing complete evaluations on new patients and consults, performing focused history and chief complaint for all follow up patient visits, formulating new and modifying current health management plans, evaluating and reevaluating patient's condition and making recommendations accordingly, prescribing medications, educating and counseling, maintaining medical records, coordinating care, making patient referrals as needed, managing patient care requirements, functioning as a float team member when needed, completing discharge paperwork, working with other Heart Center providers, demonstrating the ability to handle multiple patient care need requests, supervising patients for Pharmacological and Treadmill Stress Tests, completing and managing EHR documentation, keeping continuing education, licenses, and/or certifications current, and complying with policies and procedures.

Education Requirements: Bachelors in nursing from an approved nursing program for an NP, Masters in nursing with completion of a post graduate certificate Nurse Practitioner program or Masters Other Nurse Practitioner program or Postmaster's Nurse Practitioner Program. Preferred Education for Physician Assistant: Bachelor's degree from an approved, accredited physician assistant program and certificate. If licensed in North Carolina after June 1, 1994, has successfully completed a licensing examination.

Professional Experience Requirements: 4 years of experience in Healthcare/Medical-Healthcare-Other as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. License/Certification Requirements: RN-Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina. Nurse Practitioner-Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in North Carolina. National certification as a Nurse Practitioner. Physician Assistant-Current certification to practice as a Physician Assistant. BCLS-Recertification required every 2 years. ACLS-Recertification required every 2 years.