Advocate Health Care

Urgent Care Peds - Advanced APP - Full Time - NP/PA

Advocate Health Care$122K — $183K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • North Carolina Physician Assistant or NP license (ACPNP, ENP, or FNP boarded/eligible)
  • BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications
  • 1 year of Emergency Department experience or 2 years of community urgent care experience
  • Proficiency with standard urgent care procedures and examinations
  • Ability to perform complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under pressure

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert pediatric care with strong independence
  • Utilize thoughtful medical judgment and appropriate diagnostic testing
  • Perform advanced procedural skills as needed
  • Collaborate closely with ED attendings and the Medical Director
  • Manage acute and chronic conditions with increasing independent expertise

Benefits

  • $3,000 annual CME allowance and 50 hours paid
  • Comprehensive health benefits effective on Day 1
  • Retirement match starts at 90 days
  • Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
  • Educational assistance program available
Full Job Description
Department:

02190 WFBMG University Group Practice: Greensboro Northline - Immediate Care

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

30

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Varies

Pay Range:
$59.00 - $88.50

Pediatric Urgent Care APP

Join Wake Forest Emergency Providers as an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) in North Carolina-part of Advocate Health, one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the country.

Urgent Care Clinics

Our advanced Urgent Care offers a meaningful opportunity to care primarily for pediatric patients with immediate health care needs, including minor procedures, breathing treatments, IV fluids, and more. This unique setting helps bridge the gap between outpatient and inpatient care, allowing providers to make a timely and meaningful impact for patients and families.

What you'll do:

In this role, you'll provide expert care with a strong level of independence while using thoughtful medical judgment, appropriate diagnostic testing, advanced procedural skills, and the support of emergency resources and community partners when needed.

This role is supported by a 100% Advanced Practice Provider staffing model, offering a collaborative and APP-focused environment. Our Urgent Care APPs will learn to manage acute and chronic conditions with increasing independent expertise and are encouraged to practice at the top of their license.

You'll have excellent access to ED attendings and the Medical Director for Pediatric Urgent Care by phone or email, ensuring you feel connected, supported, and never far from guidance when needed. This opportunity offers a rewarding blend of independence within the building, along with the collaboration, resources, and backing of a larger organization.

This position includes a co-appointment with the Atrium Health Wake Forest Brenner's Pediatric Emergency Department, where 20% of your monthly hours will be spent working alongside a collaborative team of APPs, residents, fellows and attendings. As a level 1 pediatric trauma center and burn center with the full array of pediatric sub-subspecialists, you will be a part of a fast-paced ED in which to further develop your skills as Pediatric Acute Care specialist - bringing ED-level care into our communities!

What we offer:
  • Annual CME allowance of $3,000.00 and 50 hours paid.
  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage effective on Day 1
  • Retirement match starts at 90 days, and the company will match up to 6%.
  • Potential for FSLF as a 501c(3) which - while is not cash in hand - is a significant value-add for most with loan burden.
  • Malpractice insurance is provided with tail coverage.

Licensure:

North Carolina Physician Assistant or NP license (NPs must be ACPNP or ENP or FNP boarded or eligible)

BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications

Training: Variable. Strongly prefer experienced candidates who need limited training.

Prefer PAs and FNPs when possible, for cross coverage on the Adult side as needed. Will hire highly qualified PNPs though.
  • 1 year of Emergency Department experience or 2 years of community urgent care experience in a full-time capacity.
  • Does not include walk-in clinics or urgent care virtual services.
  • Comfortable with standard urgent care procedures and examination skills including but not exclusive to eye examinations, pelvic examinations, neurologic examinations, EKG interpretations, suturing, I&D, simple splinting.
  • Familiarity with emergency department evaluations, assessment tools, and diagnostic scoring tools.
  • Familiarity with emergency department processes, admission guidelines, and capabilities.


SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain composure and work efficiently under pressure
• Ability to perform complex patient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Ability to work a rotating shift schedule
• Performs other related duties other than those described herein

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Fast paced, long hours, ability to deliver results
• Professionalism and customer service skills a must at all times
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours and the support of emergency resources and community partners when needed.

Schedule:
  • 30 and 35 hours per week schedules are available, up to 2 weekends per month.
  • No overnight shifts.

Location schedules:

Our Clinicians have a "home location" where they work primarily but will also provide coverage across multiple sites.
  • Kernersville: 7am-3pm and 3pm-11pm daily.
  • Pisgah Church: 7am-7pm during the week, 8am-6pm on Weekends.
  • New Garden: 7am-3 pm and 3pm-11pm during the week (and 8am-8pm on weekends.
  • Friendly Center: 7am-3pm and 3pm-11pm during the week and 8am-8pm on weekends.
  • Oak Ridge: 8am-8pm daily.


Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
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1976

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