Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
About The Position
Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is seeking an Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Nurse Practitioner (FNP), or Physician Assistant (PA) to provide professional medical services. This role is crucial for delivering integrated, team-based, whole-person, and trauma-informed primary health care. The position involves assessing, maintaining, and improving the health status of individuals in the communities served through evidence-based acute, preventive, and chronic disease care. The role requires effective collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team and provides indirect supervision of medical support staff. WNCCHS continuously accepts applications for this role, reviewing qualified applicants on a rolling basis as opportunities arise.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited master’s degree program
- Current North Carolina licensure/certification required (APN, FNP, or PA)
- Current DEA and BLS Certificate is required
- Must be Medicaid and Medicare eligible
- 3 years primary care (provider) experience
- Knowledgeable about current standards, methods, and procedures for the delivery of evidence-based care in an efficient, organized, and accurate manner
- Collaboration and teamwork skills to work efficiently with others to provide new ideas and help inspire staff and management
- Time management skills
- Interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy to build positive relationships with patients and colleagues. Flexibility to work with a variety of people
Nice To Haves
- Previous medical office or FQHC experience is preferred
- Bilingual in English and Spanish and/or Russian is preferred
- Experience in public health is preferred
Responsibilities
- Engages in a patient-centered approach to provide timely access to high quality care for patients and their families
- Serves as a role model of professionalism to all members of the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Collaborates with all clinicians including Physicians, APNs, PAs, Clinical Pharmacists, Therapists, Dentists, and clinical support staff to form a high performing team
- Cultivates a climate of safety, trust, and compassion for patients and colleagues
- Provides medical evaluation, treatment, and consultation services to patients of the clinic in a timely manner, including responding to emergencies and answering medical questions
- Provides high-value cost-conscious care; demonstrates good stewardship of resources by limiting unnecessary testing and referrals; and considers risks, benefits, and patient preferences when making diagnostic or therapeutic intervention decisions.
- Documents all patient care activities and bills for all services provided in the electronic health record. Documentation must be clear, concise, accurate, updated, and in sufficient detail to allow another provider to continue the patient’s care as well as to allow other parties to review the safety and quality of care provided.
- Provides medical orders for prescription medications and refills, administration of medications, preventive care, ancillary testing, and/or referrals as needed to patients
Benefits
- Competitive health plans for employees and dependents including medical, dental, vision, and telehealth
- Up to Two (2) Floating Holidays
- Up to Eleven (11) Paid Holidays
- Biweekly Accrued PTO (total of 156 hrs in 1st year for 40 hr work week)
- 403b Retirement Savings with Match
- Employer-Paid Life Insurance
- Eligibility for Federal and State programs offering bonus incentives or loan repayment for working at WNCCHS.
- Federal Loan Forgiveness through HRSA National Health Service Corps
- Eligibility for NC Loan Repayment Program
- NC High Needs Service Bonus
- Monthly staff meetings and training
- Relias Learning Management System
- Continued Medical Education (CME) & Continuing Education (CEU)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
