APP (AGACNP/PA) - Hospital Medicine, High Point, NC

Company: Atrium Health
Location: High Point
Posted on: May 19, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY: Participates in team focused patient care by means of patient examinations augmented by diagnostic and therapeutic evaluations/ interventions in the medical and/or surgical theatres of health care. The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (North Carolina Medical Board or North Carolina Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program, Master's degree preferred -OR-
• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program (Typically a Master's Program). AGACNP is required for NPs.
  
  LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:
  
  • Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License
  • Licensed by the NC Board of Nursing or NC Medical Board of Examiners
    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
    
  • Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
  • Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.
  • Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
  • Procedural skills per department or practice guidelines
  • Opportunity to participate in basic science and clinical research projects
  • Potential for and encouraged to precept students and/or medical learners
  • Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment
  • Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
    
    SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
    
    • Exceptional interpersonal skills
    • Excellent oral and written communications skills
    • Ability to maintain composure and work efficiently under pressure
    • Ability to perform complex patient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
    • Exemplary organizational skills
    • Willingness to perform other related duties other than those described herein
      
      WORK ENVIRONMENT:
      
      • Efficient team based care
      • Professionalism and customer service skills essential
      • Potential irregular hours and/or call
        
        PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
        0% 35% 65% to to to 35% 65% 100% N/A Activity X Standing X Walking X Sitting X Bending X Reaching with arms X Finger and hand dexterity X Talking X Hearing X Seeing Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling: X 20 lbs. maximum X 50 lbs. maximum X 100 lbs. maximum
        
        About Us
        
        Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
        
        Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.
        
        This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
        
        About the Team
        
        Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments
        
        Mission
        
        To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.
        
        Vision
        
        To be the first and best choice for care.
        
        Culture Commitments
        
        We create a space where all Belong
        
        We Work as One to make great things happen
        
        We earn Trust in all we do
        
        We Innovate to better the now and create the future
        
        We drive for Excellence - always

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