Primary Care-NP/PA Needed at Erlanger North

Erlanger•Chattanooga, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the growing primary care team at Erlanger North in a clinic-based, collaborative outpatient practice focused on lasting patient relationships and high-quality, comprehensive community care. The provider serves patients across all stages of life, delivering preventive care, chronic disease management, wellness services, and treatment for acute illnesses. The role combines autonomy with collaboration and focuses on helping patients achieve their health goals through individualized care. The Advanced Practice Provider conducts comprehensive evaluations and physical examinations, develops and implements treatment plans, orders and interprets diagnostic testing, manages chronic conditions, and educates patients. The position includes preventive screenings and annual wellness visits, as well as ongoing management of conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. The provider works under the direction of physicians or the medical director and collaborates with the health care team to develop and implement testing and treatment according to protocols. This full-time position follows a Monday–Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with no routine weekend or call responsibilities. The position uses a team-based approach to care. Team members are trained and assigned, according to their roles and applicable state guidelines, to coordinate patient care, support patients and caregivers in self-management and behavior change, manage the practice’s patient population, and participate in quality improvement and performance evaluation.

Requirements

Current licensure to practice nursing in Tennessee; Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.
Eligibility to sit for certification in the area of specialty.
For the nurse practitioner pathway: RN with a master’s degree in nursing and certification in family and/or adult nurse practitioner; graduate of a nationally accredited school of nursing.
For the physician assistant pathway: Master of Science in Medicine from a certified physician assistant program.
Ability to collect, document, and analyze patient data and to develop and implement care plans and protocols.
Knowledge of principles of growth and development across the lifespan and ability to assess patient status and provide age-appropriate care.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine is strongly desired.
Certification in the area of specialty is preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive patient evaluations and physical examinations.
Develop and implement individualized, evidence-based plans of care and protocols.
Order and interpret diagnostic testing and collaborate with the health care team on testing and treatment.
Manage chronic conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, and treat acute illnesses.
Provide preventive care, wellness services, preventive screenings, and annual wellness visits.
Educate patients and support patients, families, and caregivers in self-management, self-efficacy, and behavior change.
Collect, document, and analyze patient data.
Participate in developing and implementing health screening programs for adolescents and adults, and develop protocols to identify high-risk individuals.
Participate in community and corporate education on primary care topics.
Coordinate care for patients and help manage the practice’s patient population, as assigned.
Participate in the practice’s quality improvement process and performance evaluation.
Apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and provide care suited to patients’ age-specific needs.
Work under the direction of physicians or the medical director.