Advanced Practitioner - Pediatric Palliative Enhanced Care

Advanced Practitioner - Pediatric Palliative Enhanced Care

The Pediatrics Department at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Brenner Children’s Hospital is recruiting a full‑time advanced practice provider (APP) to join their palliative and complex care teams. This APP will support the Care Always Neonatal‑Perinatal Palliative Care team by primarily providing inpatient consultation to neonates and their families who have life‑limiting diagnoses, have delivered peri‑viably, or are expected to survive with complex medical needs.

The APP will also work with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, and a patient navigator of the Pediatric Enhanced Care Program to provide clinical care for children with medical complexity in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The role is a 5‑day work week model.

The PA/NP will play a key role in team‑focused patient care, conducting thorough examinations and evaluations in medical settings.

• Assist in management of pediatric palliative care and medically complex children
• Use medical decision‑making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan
• Collaborate with the medical team when needed for effective team‑based care
• Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient/family
• Complete daily rounds for patients on service
• Conduct inpatient consults
• Assist in recommendation orders to primary teams
• Facilitate complex discharges
• Provide patient and family education
• Participate in trach‑vent clinic
• Coordinate other necessary consulting services (e.g., speech, nutrition, neurology, PT/OT)
• Direct communication to PCPs and other outpatient providers

• Participate in quality improvement and research projects

Either a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) is required.

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; master’s degree preferred
• Current North Carolina Medical Board medical license, certified by NCCPA

• Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program; master’s degree or higher required
• Current North Carolina Board of Nursing registered nurse and nurse practitioner license

PA‑C or PNP‑AC

The picturesque cities of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region are ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 best places to live and top 40 best places to retire in 2023. Advantages include affordable living, great schools, and vibrant neighborhoods.

• CME reimbursement: up to $2,500 and 5 additional PTO days/year for continuing medical education
• Work/life balance: weekday‑only work hours, no weekend call
• Generous PTO: accrual starts at 25 days/year
• Relocation assistance: $7,500 within the first 30 days of employment
• Career growth & stability: ample advancement opportunities with high patient volume
• Rich quality of life:
  North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad offers walking and biking trails, golf courses, arts communities, southern cuisine, craft breweries, and wineries

• Hours per week: 40 (Mon‑Fri, 8‑5)
• Pay range: $50.05 – $75.10 per hour
• Base compensation within pay range based on qualifications, skills, experience, and training; premium pay for shifts and on‑call; incentive pay for select positions; annual performance increases

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, short‑ and long‑term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health‑care and dependent‑care expenses
• Family benefits: adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational assistance program

Advocate Health, part of Atrium Health, is a large integrated health system that provides comprehensive care, engages in research and education, and serves nearly 6 million patients across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations.