Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke GI IBD Clinics

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 GI Clinic, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC

Duke GI Clinic North Durham, 4220 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC

 

Job Summary

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in our Duke GI Clinics located in Durham, NC to provide medical care to adult patients with gastrointestinal conditions, with a focus on patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Primary hours will be Monday through Friday, day shift, with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Record the history of present illness, past medical, family, and social history
• Perform physical examinations
• Establish and follow plan of care in conjunction with MD
• Prescribe appropriate medications to a specialty pharmacy that will handle prior authorization and other necessary paperwork; order refills as needed
• Patient and family teaching
• Order appropriate labs, tests, and procedures and follow up with patient as needed
• Coordinate care and refer to other medical professionals as needed
• Document clinic, telephone, and other patient encounters in the Epic system
• Review lab results in Epic, communicate and interpret results
• Collaborate with IBD Resource Nurse regarding IBD patient triage and return patient calls within 24-48 hours; provide feedback regarding scheduling of urgent patient appointments
• Review outside records including clinic notes, hospital records, outside radiographs, lab, and other test results
• Collaborate with nursing staff to complete patient paperwork including medication pre-certifications for insurance companies, durable medical equipment requests, disability paperwork, and handicapped permit applications
• Attendance at GI Grand Rounds, IBD meetings, and IBD conferences is expected.  Participation in other divisional educational events is also encouraged.
• Duke Regional Hospital inpatient coverage (Monday-Friday 8am-5pm) one week every 4-6 weeks

 

Job Eligibility Requirements

 

Education           

• Nurse Practitioners:  Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants:  Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

 

Certification 

• BLS required.

 

License                

• Nurse Practitioners:  Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required prior to or within 6 months of employment.
• Physician Assistants:  Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

 

Experience          

• 1+ years of APP experience strongly preferred.

 

Job Hours

Monday-Friday, day shift, with flexibility to meet clinic needs

 

 

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