Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant - Duke Health Lake Norman Orthopedics

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Work Arrangement:

Requisition Number: 260502

Regular or Temporary:
Regular

Location:

Mooresville, NC, US, 28117

Date:
Oct 2, 2026

As a part of Duke Health Lake Norman, 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 Health Lake Norman Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The smallest of Duke Health’s four hospitals at 123-beds, the Duke Health Lake Norman hospital offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a variety of specialties, including emergency medicine, cardiology, orthopedics, women’s services, and surgical specialties.
• Located in Mooresville, NC, you can enjoy a thriving lakeside community with top schools, outdoor recreation, and exceptional quality of life.
• 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 APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.

Duke Health Lake Norman, Mooresville/Lake Norman, NC

We are seeking a Physician Assistant
- Duke Orthopedics forcliniclocations in Mooresville/Lake Norman, NC toprovide direct patient care services in collaboration with the attending physician for patients requiring general orthopedic care. The APP will augment a physician's ability to provide medical services to patients in the clinic.

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.

• Provide care for patients needing general orthopedic care by assisting the physician in clinic as well as responsible and accountable for independent patient load/clinic.
• Coordinate patient care including triage, physical exams, collecting and documenting data, conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and scheduling laboratory studies. May be involved in assisting with peri-operative workflow including scheduling, pre-ops, and post-op follow-up, diagnostic procedures and professional consultations, and prescribing appropriate interventions and medications.
• Communicate verbally and in writing all pertinent patient information to supervising physician, nursing staff, patient resource manager, home health agency, and other relevant healthcare providers.
• Provide timely documentation in the electronic medical record of all relevant data including results of diagnostic tests; laboratory results; patients’ condition and response to therapies/interventions; communications with physician colleagues.
• Respond to patient inquiries and concerns via telephone or EPIC MyChart messages and be accessible to consult with supervising physician as needed.
• Analyze clinical practice patterns so as to provide the best medical care and to increase effectiveness and efficiency.

Prefer Orthopedics work experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. If a new graduate, Orthopedics clinical rotations during your education program.

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.

Education

• Physician Assistants:
  Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required;
  Master's degree strongly preferred.

• BLS required.

• Physician Assistants:
  
  Must be licensed in the state of NC and be certified as…