Advanced Practice Professionals - BestHealth For Business - Winston Salem

Job Description for BestHealth for Business APP

Required to travel to limited sites between Guilford & Forsyth Counties

Day shift (8a-5p, tentative schedule) , no weekends, no Holidays 

FUNCTION OF JOB 

Provide patient care services to employees and dependents of a specific employer by independently and interdependently scheduling, supervising, and/or conducting complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; independently participate in the delivery of direct patient care within the scope of individual authority granted by the North Carolina State Boards of Medical Examiners and/or Nursing. 

CHARACTERISTIC WORK 

1. Provide direct patient care, assessment, documentation, treatment intervention and patient/family education and support in accordance with education/experience, established policies and procedures, and state licensing requirements. 

2. Perform complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and service for quality patient care; record data and tentative conclusions for review by the physician. 

3. Coordinate and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient. 

4. Carry out patient care services under indirect physician supervision such as cast application and removal, wound suturing and dressing changes, incision/drainage of abscesses; monitor progress of patients, maintain a record of the patient's progress, and consult with supervising physician when patient's progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria. 

5. Plan and schedule work for the health care team ensuring proper distribution of assignments and adequate manning, space and facilities for subsequent performance of assigned duties.  

6. Participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician; prepare statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions. 

7. Assist in teaching students, residents & interns in complex techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting. 

8. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND GIVEN 

Oral and/or written instructions are received from supervising physician and lead APP for BestHealth for Business department.  Provide direction and guidance to support personnel. 

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS 
 

1. Graduation from an accredited NP/PA Program. NP must be FNP-C.
2. Licensed by the NC Board of Nursing or NC Medical Board of Examiners
3. Excellent interpersonal skills
4. Excellent oral and written communications skills
5. Current American Heart Assoc. BLS and/or ACLS

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 

1. Experience beyond the minimum qualifications
2. One year of experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant working in a primary care or urgent care environment
3. FMCSA medical examiner certification would be beneficial

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 opportunit