Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/ NP or PA (Duke Primary Care)

Duke Primary Care

Duke Primary Care Duke Primary Care is a broad network of community-based clinics that offer family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, and urgent care services. With 400 providers in nearly 50 locations, Duke Primary Care is the largest primary care network in the greater Triangle. Our network saw more than 750,000 patient encounters in fiscal year 2021.

Our Duke Primary Care clinics provide personalized care for adults and children, from sick visits to preventive care, health screenings to immunizations, and annual exams to chronic disease management. Select primary care clinics also provide behavioral health, diabetes education, pharmacy, and other population health services. Duke Primary Care clinics are accredited and designated a Primary Care Medical Home by The Joint Commission.

Our Duke Urgent Care centers offer evaluation and treatment for minor illnesses and injuries 12 hours a day, seven days a week when a patient’s primary care provider is not available. Services also include certain physical exams and vaccinations. A pediatric specialist is available at select locations. Patients can walk in to one of our nine urgent care centers located throughout the greater Triangle or can schedule a virtual visit to receive care from the comfort of home.

 

Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider / NP or PA

Duke Primary Care

Job Location - Multiple Locations Available

 

Job Summary:

Provide primary care services in collaboration with primary care team.

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Conduct detailed medical history assessment
• Conduct physical exams
• Medication reconciliation
• Order diagnostic testing (e.g., lab work, EKG, cardiac echo, imaging procedures, etc.) when indicated
• Coordinate specialty referrals as indicated
• Provide consultation to patient and/or family to include necessity, prep, nature and effects of ordered diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Provide patient and/or family education regarding diabetes, nutrition, smoking cessation, pain management, etc.
• Follow up on ordered laboratory studies, diagnostic procedures, etc.
• Prescribe treatment or medication when indicated.
• Document all activity in patient’s electronic medical record to include comments about diagnosis and prognosis, diagnostic testing, patient condition, treatments and response to therapies and interventions, etc
• Participate in clinic research activities if needed. 
• Perform telehealth visits if needed.
• Work with a supervising physician, other providers and colleagues in the practice.
• Perform any other related duties required to service primary care scheduled or walk-in patients

 

Job Eligibility Requirements 

Education (No pending or recent graduates)

NP:         Graduate of an accredited MSN or DNP Nurse Practitioner Program to treat all ages, i.e., FNP

PA:         Graduate of ARC accredited Master’s Degree Physician Assistant Program.

 

Certification

NP:         FNP

PA:         PA-C

 

Note: BLS certification is required before hire.  ACLS and PALS must be completed after hire.

 

Licensure

NP:         Current RN license with NCBON or compact state with approval to practice as NP to treat all ages

PA:         Current license to practice issued by NC Medical Board

 

Experience:

• Experience working as a PA or NP in a primary care setting is required, 2 years preferred

Other:

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Works effectively in team environment
• Familiarity with computers to include Microsoft Office products and EMR systems, preferably EPIC.

 

Job Hours

• FT, salaried position
• Ability and willingness to work Monday – Friday 8a-5pm, providing up to 36 hours of direct patient care per week

 

Duke Priamry Care Benefits:

•             Guaranteed base salary plus opportunity to earn productivity incentives

•             Additional salary incentives for quality and patient satisfaction

•             Relocation grant available to new hires meeting criteria

•             Generous PTO package

•             403B employer-sponsored retirement plan

•             Up to 5 days for CME and $2500 reimbursement for CME expenses per fiscal year

•             Malpractice insurance including /tail coverage

 

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an i