Advanced Practice Provider - BestHealth For Business

Explore an exciting opportunity with BestHealth for Business as we eagerly welcome a skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic team in Greensboro, North Carolina. This is a great opportunity for APPs interested in primary care, specialization in the management of chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol, diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and more. 

Weekday shifts (8a-5p), tentative schedule) but other schedules may be needed based on client need; future on call requests may occur.

Location: Greensboro, NC 

Job Summary:
 
Provide patient care services to employees and dependents (ages 6+) of a specific employer by independently and interdependently scheduling, supervising, and conducting primary care services including 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.  
 
Characteristics of 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. Performs and maintains competency for point of care testing as assigned, ensuring compliance with WFBH Point of Care policies and with applicable state and federal regulations. 
 
5. Carry out patient care services under indirect physician supervision such as cast application and removal, wound suturing and dressing changes; 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.  
 
6. Plan and schedule work for the physician's team ensuring proper distribution of assignments and adequate manning, space and facilities for subsequent performance of assigned duties.  
 
7. 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.  
 
8. Assist in teaching students, residents and interns in complex techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting.  
 
9. 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 APP manager for BestHealth for Business department.  Provide direction and guidance to support personnel.  
 
Minimum Acceptable Qualifications:
 

• Graduation from an accredited NP/PA Program. NP must be FNP-C. 

• Licensed by the NC Board of Nursing or NC Medical Board of Examiners 

• Excellent interpersonal skills 

• Excellent oral and written communications skills 

• Current American Heart Assoc. BLS and/or ACLS 

Additional Qualifications: 

• Experience beyond the minimum qualifications 

• One year of experience as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant working in a primary care or urgent care environment 

• FMCSA medical examiner certification is preferred 

 

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