Salary: $95,458.00 - $124,096.00 Annually
Location : Beaufort County Health Department, NC
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:Department: HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Opening Date: 10/26/2026
FLSA: Exempt
Pay Grade: 81
Position Number: 407-48-055
General Work Description The primary purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services as a Nurse Practitioner for Beaufort County Health Department. The position is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing patients' health needs; promoting disease prevention and health education; and collaborating with interdisciplinary staff to provide quality, patient-centered care. Additional responsibilities include serving as the medical provider for the Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program and providing backup clinical coverage for the Employee Health and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) clinics, as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Thorough knowledge of techniques of interviewing, medical and relevant history taking, principles and practices of general medicine and disease states as they relate to the area of work; thorough knowledge of health appraisal tools, laboratory tests and findings, advanced physical assessment, advanced pathophysiology, advanced pharmacology, and therapeutic procedures as related to the area of work.
- Thorough knowledge and ability to plan a regime of care based on assessment and findings.
- Considerable knowledge of available resources and appropriate referral methods.
- Skills in performing clinical functions.
- Skill in assisting with routine surgical procedures.
- Ability to examine patients and detect abnormalities.
- Ability to record accurately and completely all information necessary to evaluate and plan care and to convey this to the physician.
- Ability to communicate orally; ability to teach and counsel individuals, families and groups in areas of health maintenance, preventive medicine, and care of the sick.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and to gain the confidence of patients and families and work effectively with them.
- Work requires judgment in the application of accepted patient care protocols and medical guidelines in the area of assignment to determine the appropriate course of action.
Qualifications Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the North Carolina Medical Board or approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Certified Nurse Midwife by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and the North Carolina Medical Board and one year of experience as an APP.
Other Information Valid driver's license.
Resumes are not accepted in lieu of county applications. An updated application is required if applicant has applied previously for Beaufort County positions.
Applicant must provide complete work history, documentation of all certifications, places and dates of employment and hours worked.Health Insurance - North Carolina State Health Plan: Administered by: Aetna
Benefit
Standard PPO (70/30)
Plus PPO (80/20)
Annual Deductible (In-Network)
$3,000 Individual / $9,000 Family
$1,500 Individual / $4,500 Family
Annual Deductible (Out-of-Network)
$6,000 Individual / $18,000 Family
$3,000 Individual / $9,000 Family
Coinsurance (In-Network)
30% after deductible
20% after deductible
Coinsurance (Out-of-Network)
50% after deductible
40% after deductible
Out-of-Pocket Maximum (In-Network)
$6,100 Individual /
$16,300 Family
$5,000 Individual /
$15,000 Family
Out-of-Pocket Maximum (Out-of-Network)
$13,100 Individual /
$32,600 Family
$10,000 Individual /
$30,000 Family
Preventive Services
Covered 100%
Covered 100%
Primary Care Provider Visit (In-Network)
$15 (preferred PCP) /
$50 (non-preferred)
$10 (preferred PCP) /
$30 (non-preferred)
Specialist Visit (In-Network)
$50 (preferred) /
$94 (non-preferred)
$40 (preferred) /
$80 (non-preferred)
Behavioral Health Visit (In-Network)
$15
$10
Physical / Occupational / Speech Therapy (In-Network)
$62
$42
Urgent Care (In-Network)
$100
$70
Emergency Room (In-Network)
$600, then 30% after deductible (copay waived if admitted)
$500, then 20% after deductible (copay waived if admitted)
Inpatient Hospital Services (In-Network)
$600, then 30% after deductible
$500, then 20% after deductible
Outpatient Surgery (In-Network)
$350, then 30% after deductible
$300, then 20% after deductible
Outpatient Surgery (Ambulatory Center)
Deductible / Coinsurance
Deductible / Coinsurance
State Health Plan Premiums (County pays $8,905 annually for each employee)
Standard PPO Plan
Plus PPO Plan
Salary Band
$50,000 +UNDER
$50,001 - $65,000
$65,001 - $90,000
$90,001 +OVER
$50,000 +UNDER
$50,001 - $65,000
$65,001 - $90,000
$90,001 +OVER
Subscriber Only
$35
$50
$65
$80
$66
$94
$122
$160
Subscriber + Child(ren)
$185
$200
$215
$230
$276
$304
$332
$370
Subscriber + Spouse
$575
$590
$605
$620
$746
$774
$802
$840
Subscriber + Family
$575
$590
$605
$620
$746
$774
$802
$840
Delta Dental
- Employee Only Coverage (paid by county)
Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- $10,000 coverage on employee (paid by County)
Retirement - NC Local Government Employees' Retirement System
- 6% deducted from the employee's pay
- County contributes an actuarially determined amount
Death Benefit - NC Local Government Employees' Retirement System
- Eligible after one year - Benefit equals annual salary from $25,000 (minimum) up to $50,000 (maximum).
Longevity - 5-year interval % increase to base salary
Work Hours
- 8:00-5:00 Monday through Friday (depending on position)
- 40-hour work week
- Depending on position, it may require some overtime and on-call hours.
Leave
- Sick - 8.000 hours per month - 12 days per year
- Personal - Less than 5 years: 9.333 hours per month - 14 days per year
5 but less than 10 years: 11.333 hours per month - 17 days per year
10 but less than 15 years: 13.333 hours per month - 20 days per year
15 but less than 20 years: 15.333 hours per month - 23 days per year
20 years or more: 17.333 hours per month - 26 days per year
*Employees working 2184 hours per year, 24-hour shifts, and 12-hour shifts have a rate of accumulation that differs from the above.
Holidays - In accordance with the state schedule
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- July 4th
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving-2 days
- Christmas 3 days
Other Benefit Options - Employee Paid
- 401K match on a one-to-one basis up to 5%. *Sworn Law Enforcement Officers get 5%
- Civic Federal Credit Union
- Voluntary Life & AD & D Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account - Health and Dependent Care Expenses
- Vision Plan
- Cancer
- Critical Care-Specified Disease
- Pre-Paid Legal & Identify Theft
- Accident
- Whole Life
