Population Health Nurse - Duke Primary Care Mebane

Overview

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke Primary Care Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Primary Care, which offers family, adolescent, and internal medicine services as well as urgent, general pediatric, and virtual care at nearly 50 clinic locations across central North Carolina.

Duke Nursing Highlights

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000+ registered nurses
• Quality of Life:
  Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

Position Population Health Nurse - Duke Primary Care Mebane

Duke Primary Care Mebane is a dynamic and patient-focused practice dedicated to delivering high-quality, accessible care to individuals and families throughout the Mebane community. This department is known for its strong team culture, efficiency, and commitment to excellence in everyday patient care. Supported by skilled providers and exceptional clinical staff, the clinic offers comprehensive services including preventive care, chronic disease management, women’s health, pediatrics, immunizations, and diagnostic support.

Duke Primary Care Mebane takes pride in building lasting relationships with patients while providing compassionate, reliable, and personalized care in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Location
: 1352 Mebane Oaks Road, Mebane, North Carolina 27302

Schedule
:
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm

The Population Health Nurse plays a key role in improving geriatric care through prevention, comprehensive assessments, and personalized care coordination. They support smooth transitions across care settings, educate and advocate for patients, and collaborate closely with care teams to deliver evidence-based, patient-centered outcomes that strengthen individual and community health.

• Provide specialized nursing treatment, development of care plans, and education to patients while exercising discretion and independent judgment, following established policies and procedures.
• Assess the educational needs of the patient/caregiver as it relates to the disease process, alterations in function, and assimilation back into the home and community.
• Monitor system access to care, services, and treatment including linkage to the medical home.
• Address the total individual, inclusive of medical, psychosocial, behavioral, and spiritual needs. Involve the patient and their support systems in the decision-making process.
• Use a patient-centric, collaborative partnership approach to assist the patient with improved self-management. Utilize proven processes to measure understanding and acceptance of the proposed plan and readiness to change.
• Apply teaching and learning theories to assist patients and families with the physical and emotional impact of body changes and chronic illness.
• Communicate and coordinate with all providers and care team members to minimize fragmented care and navigate transitions of care from hospital to home or community facilities.
• Monitor quality and effectiveness of interventions by setting long-term and/or short-term, specific, measurable goals.
• Access and systematically use data from multiple sources to target outreach, education, and intervention.
• Advocate for patients and supporting providers to ensure delivery of appropriate, evidence-based care.
• Facilitate Quality Improvement activities that educate and support providers regarding evidence-based care and national standards of care.
• Utilize innovative nursing and population management tactics to support health across the continuum of care and promote quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• Participate in quality/performance improvement programs and projects, product evaluation, outcomes evaluation studies and/or clinical research.
• Provide clinical experience in a preceptor role for students and participate in the orientation of new nursing staff.
• This position may require home visits; position details and duties are available upon request.
• The work activity and patient acuity levels can create a stressful atmosphere.

Education

• BSN

Experience

• 3 years of nursing experience required
• Pediatric experience preferred

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

• Current RN licensure in the state of North Carolina required.

The work activity and patient acuity levels can create a stressful atmosphere; individuals successful in this job are:

• Organized and motivated by a fast-paced environment
• Able to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously
• Proficient in…