Atrium Health Transplant APPs Daytime and Nocturnal

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite experienced APPs to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visionaries together in our Transplant Surgery team at Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Abdominal Transplant Surgical APP is an integral member of the multidisciplinary transplant team, providing comprehensive care to patients undergoing abdominal organ transplantation (liver, kidney, pancreas). This role combines inpatient rounding, outpatient clinic management, and surgical support, with scheduled night call responsibilities.

The Transplant Surgery Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will join a team of world-renowned Abdominal Transplant Surgeons and highly experienced Advanced Practice Providers (APP) who are committed to delivering exceptional care to treat diseases of the liver, kidney, and pancreas with transplantation. The Transplant Surgery Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will provide comprehensive clinical care to transplant patients and donors in the pre‑, peri‑, and post‑transplant phases of care.

• Inpatient Care:
  Round daily on abdominal transplant patients, including pre‑ and post‑operative management. Perform detailed assessments, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and adjust treatment plans in collaboration with attending surgeons. Coordinate care transitions and discharge planning.
• Outpatient Clinic:
  Conduct transplant evaluation and follow‑up visits. Manage immunosuppression protocols and monitor for complications. Provide patient education on transplant care and recovery.
• Procedural/Surgical Support:
  Assist in the operating room as needed for abdominal transplant surgeries. Perform bedside procedures within scope of practice.
• Night Call Coverage:
  Provide in‑hospital coverage for transplant patients during three‑six 12‑hour night shifts per month. Respond to urgent consults, admissions, and post‑operative issues.
• Weekend Coverage:
  Work one weekend per month, including inpatient rounding and urgent patient management.

• Master’s degree as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.
• Current licensure and certification (PA‑C or NP) in the state of practice.
• Minimum 1–2 years of surgical or transplant experience preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment and ability to work independently in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Day shifts:
  Inpatient rounding and clinic during weekdays.
• Night shifts:
  Three to six 12‑hour in‑hospital call shifts per month.
• Weekend:
  One weekend per month (Saturday and Sunday coverage).

• Performs initial and periodic medical history, physical examinations.
• Records findings of examinations, assessments and plan of care.
• Assist with new consults and admissions.
• Daily assessment on intensive care, progressive, and floor patients.
• Determine treatment plans for complex and high‑risk transplant patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
• Writes appropriate prescriptions and administers medications.
• Maintains awareness of patient monitoring and responds appropriately to potential complications.
• Describes the assessment and management of acute trauma.
• Responds appropriately to emergency conditions.
• Orders and interprets daily laboratory and radiology examinations.
• Documents all patient encounters, records observations, interventions, and actions in a medically appropriate manner on the patient’s medical record.
• Attends, participates, and contributes to group/practice meetings and development of standard procedures for department.
• Participates in evidence‑based research and publishing initiatives to improve the care of transplant patients.

Must have or be eligible for a DEA license. Approved to practice as a Physician Assistant in the state one works. Eligible for prescriptive authority application through the Board of Nursing or Medical Board in NC required. BLS for Healthcare Provider from AHA required with expiration date greater than 90…