Advanced Practice Provider; PA​/NP - UNCFP Peds Wilmington PR

Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP) - UNCFP Peds Wilmington PR

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• No night coverage, will require weekend and holiday coverage.
• Shift time varies from 10-12 hours depending on service.
• Required procedures: circumcisions.
• Optional procedures: IV placement, arterial stick, lumbar punctures. If not adept at procedures will teach with on-boarding

Join our inpatient team in Wilmington, NC to care for newborns and pediatric patients. This job will require covering both the inpatient pediatric floor and our well newborn nursery during. Our ideal applicant would have an interest in newborn nursery to provide needed continuity of care to this population while also providing cross-coverage to our acute inpatient pediatric population.

A Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant functions as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in accordance with privileges approved by the credentialing committee to provide high-quality, cost-effective care to patients within the APPs scope of practice in collaboration with a supervising physician.

• Clinical
  - Obtains relevant health and medical history, performs thorough physical assessment, reviews and interprets pertinent diagnostic tests/results. Develops appropriate differential diagnoses. Develops and implements treatment plans including prescribing/ordering of appropriate evidence-based pharmacological agents consistent with departmental guidelines and privileging, and schedules appropriate follow-up management.
• Education
  - Appropriately and professionally educates clients and/or families regarding medical condition, treatment, and follow-up.
• Leadership
  - Provides instruction to physicians, house staff, nursing, ancillaries and/or students including but not limited to precepting, shadowing, lectures, training classes, CE, rounds, morning report, and or staff meetings.
• Professional
  - Interacts with patients and families in a respectful, courteous and timely fashion using appropriate communication for the patient and situation.
• Quality/Research
  - Engages in daily continuous quality improvement by identifying and implementing processes for improvement.

• Completion of an accredited graduate-level Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA) program.
• Licensed as an Advanced Practice Provider (i.e., Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) in the state of North Carolina.
• Board certification if required by the Department. DEA. PALS certificate.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities.