Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant: Duke Neurosurgery Raleigh

Duke Careers • Raleigh, NC

15d • Onsite

About The Position

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.   We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for Duke Neurosurgery at the Duke Neurosurgery of Raleigh clinic and Duke Raleigh Hospital both in Raleigh, NC.  The APP will provide direct patient care services in collaboration with the supervising physician for neurosurgery adult spine patients. Includes first assist with surgeries performed at Duke Raleigh Hospital. If a Nurse Practitioner, RNFA certification required.   Primary hours will be Monday through Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients. There is an expectation of occasional weekend inpatient rounds (generally one every six weeks).   Operative days will start at 7 AM while clinic days will begin later. Flexibility needed for operative days which may occasionally extend past 5:00 PM.

Requirements

• Nurse Practitioners:  Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants:  Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
• BLS required.
• Nurse Practitioners:  Must have current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. National certification as a NP required.
• 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.
• If Nurse Practitioner, RNFA certification is required

Nice To Haves

• Prefer 2+ years of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant work experience or if recent graduate neurosurgery, neurology or orthopedic spine preferred.
• If new graduate NP or PA, neurosurgery, neurology or orthopedic spine clinical rotation experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care. Record the normal and abnormal data for review by the physician. This will include learning how to perform lumbar punctures in clinic.
• Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record the date in the patient's record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Respond to patient inquiries and concerns via telephone or MyChart accessible during work hours and consult with supervising physician as needed.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient. Arrange inpatient admission for patients if needed.
• Carry out therapeutic procedures such as wound suturing and dressing changes; monitor progress of patients, report progress to supervising physician, and maintain record of each patient's progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient's progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
• If interested, participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervising physician including patient recruitment.

Benefits

• competitive compensation
• comprehensive benefits plans
• convenient work hours
• many opportunities for career advancement
• annual CME funding
• access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees