Advanced Practice Provider - Telehospitalist - North Carolina

Explore an exciting opportunity with AHWFB’s Hospital Medicine Department as we eagerly welcome a skilled Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic telehealth team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is a remote position and candidates must physically reside in North Carolina or Virginia.

• Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.  
• Work/Life Balance: 7 days on/7 days off, 12-hour shifts, telehealth position.
• Generous PTO: Accrual starts at 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions.
• Career Growth & Stability: Experience a rewarding career with ample opportunities for advancement and stability, supported by a consistently high patient volume.

Work in a Supportive & Collaborative Environment: 

We foster a supportive and collaborative environment where teamwork is valued, and every member plays a vital role in our success. We boast a team-oriented culture that encourages open communication and partnership to provide exceptional patient care within our facilities.

What You’ll Do: 

As a valued member of our healthcare team, the Telehospitalist APP will be a part of the Section of Hospital Medicine at AHWFB. The Telehospitalist APP will be responsible for patient care through the Hospitalist @ Home program and other innovative telemedicine that comes through this program. The Hospitalist @ Home program provides virtual acute care to patients and is supported by paramedics, nurse navigators and other ancillary staff. The Telehospitalist APP will be working closely with Telehospitalist MD. Responsibilities include: 

1. Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
2. Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.
3. Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries of the human internal organs.
4. Examine patients (virtually).
5. Conduct/order diagnostic tests.
6. Analyze the results and prescribe indicated treatment therapies, including medications and physical therapies.
7. Consult with other physicians, when needed.
8. Assist in patient education and goal setting.
9. Procedural skills per department or practice guidelines.
10. Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment. 
11. Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

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.

Physician Assistant (PA) Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; Master's Degree preferred
• Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License, Certified by NCCPA
• Minimum of two years of hospitalist experience
• Outpatient experience also a plus
• Candidate must physically reside in NC/VA

Nurse Practitioner (NP) Requirements:

• Graduation from accredited Nurse Practitioner Master's Program, Master’s degree or higher required
• Current North Carolina Board of Nursing Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner license
• Board certified as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) by AANP or ANCC
• Minimum of two years of hospitalist experience
• Outpatient experience also a plus 
• Candidate must physically reside in NC/VA

When you join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing – for all. 

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 exp