Healthy Futures APP- Levine Children's Hospital- Kannapolis, NC
About The Position
If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina. We invite Advanced Practice Providers to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together in our Healthy Futures team at Atrium Health Levine Children’s in Kannapolis, NC. We offer a multidisciplinary treatment approach to childhood obesity for children ages 2 to 17 years. Our specialized team includes medical providers, dieticians, LCSW, and physical therapy. Together, we deliver advanced treatment options including intensive health behavioral lifestyle therapy, anti-obesity medications, and bariatric surgery. We work together to empower the whole family to achieve a healthier future. Position Highlights Include: Full-time Opportunity High-volume outpatient clinic Patient scale of 10-15 daily Clinic Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Identify and treat underlying causes of obesity Identify and treat comorbidities related to obesity Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to delivery high quality care What Atrium Health has to offer: Extremely competitive compensation package Appealing work-life balance Academic opportunities with strong research support and expanding educational opportunities Network of over 2,500 employed physicians provides established referral base Interested candidates should be passionate about helping children and families with obesity in a non-stigmatizing, evidence-based, compassionate approach. Preferred candidates will have training in motivational interviewing, be adept at caring for medically complex patients, and be willing to work with community partners in support of outreach activities. Fluent Spanish preferred but not required. LCH has repeatedly been ranked among the Best Children's Hospitals in the nation by US News & World Report,most recently in eight pediatric specialties for 2021-2022 including Cancer, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Nephrology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pulmonology, Neonatology and Orthopedics. About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Nice To Haves
- training in motivational interviewing
- be adept at caring for medically complex patients
- be willing to work with community partners in support of outreach activities
- Fluent Spanish
Responsibilities
- Identify and treat underlying causes of obesity
- Identify and treat comorbidities related to obesity
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to delivery high quality care
Benefits
- Extremely competitive compensation package
- Appealing work-life balance
- Academic opportunities with strong research support and expanding educational opportunities
- Network of over 2,500 employed physicians provides established referral base
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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