PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER

As a part of Duke Health's outpatient clinic network, 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 Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation's first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master's certificates and certification alignment programs.
• 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 offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke's missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health's three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

Job Location

Remote

Job Summary

The Duke Smoking Cessation Program is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to provide outpatient telehealth care for adolescents and adults requiring tobacco use treatment. The APP will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver direct patient care under the supervision of the Program's Medical Director.

This position offers 100% remote work after an initial training period (approximately 30-90 days), contingent on continued alignment with Program needs and Duke expectations. The employee must demonstrate the ability to meet performance standards in a remote environment. Following orientation, the employee will also attend on-site meetings approximately six times per year.

During the first 30 days, work hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. After orientation, available shift options are either:

• Monday-Thursday, 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM, or
• Monday-Friday, 12:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Administrative time is scheduled on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the first four hours of the shift.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Clinical:

• Record details of pertinent history, history of smoking-related illnesses, past medical, family and social history, surgical history and planned surgeries.
• Establish and develop treatment plan (in conjunction with Supervising Physician as needed)
• Prescribe appropriate medications
• Work closely with behavioral health and social work to address additional psychiatric and social barriers to smoking cessation.
• Patient and family teaching as appropriate
• Order appropriate labs, radiologic tests and procedures and follow up with patient as needed
• Coordinate care and refer to other medical professionals as needed
• Document clinic, telehealth, and other patient encounters in the Epic (Maestro) system
• Review outside records including clinic notes, hospital records, outside imaging, lab, and other test results

Research:

• Participate in basic science and clinical research projects conducted by the supervising physician
• Liaise with members of the clinical research team to identify patients for research purposes
• Participate in enrollment of patients in clinical research studies

Education:

• May make work assignments for assigned nursing and technical personnel; review the work of other staff; train new personnel.
• Participate in teaching medical students, nursing students, physician assistant students, and other health professionals in techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinical setting.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education

• Nurse Practitioners:Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants:Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

Certification

• BLS required.

License

• Nurse Practitioners:Must have current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required.
• Physician Assistants:Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. BLS required.
• DEA licensure with full prescriptive authority required.

Experience

• 1+ years of APP experience preferred

Job Hours

During the first 30 days, work hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. After orientation, available shift options are either:

• Monday-Thursday, 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM, or
• Monday-Friday, 12:30 PM to 9:00 PM