Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Fellow - Duke Emergency Medicine

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

 

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program.  APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.  APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

 

Job Location     

Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC

 

Job Summary

We are seeking a Physician Assistant Fellow for Duke Emergency Medicine located in Durham, NC. The Physician Assistant Fellow is involved in a 12-month intensive training program administered by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Physician Assistant Fellows are credentialed as full members of the medical team and are involved in all aspects of preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic patient care. The Fellow will attend lectures, seminars, and skills laboratories and participate in clinical, hands-on patient care with appropriate oversight by the supervising physician and staff advanced practice providers.

 

For more information on the program and how to apply:

 

https://emergencymedicine.duke.edu/faculty/advanced-practice-providers/physician-assistant-emergency-medicine-residency-program

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• In collaboration with attending physician(s), provides direct clinical services for critically ill patients according to established protocols and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards.
• Performs triage, physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies, diagnostic procedures and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, coordinates the care of patients, and provides direct patient care services.
• Formulates and implements treatment plans for acute illness management in collaboration with the attending physician(s).
• Analyzes clinical practice patterns so to provide the best medical care and to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• Communicates verbally and in writing all pertine