Advanced Practice Provider – Cardiothoracic Surgery, Winston-Salem, NC

Explore an exciting opportunity with AHWFB Cardiothoracic Surgery Department as we eagerly welcome a skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic Ambulatory/ Inpatient team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 

What We Have to Offer:

• CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $2,500 and 5 additional PTO days/year for Continuing Medical Education.
• Work/Life Balance: Monday through Friday, daily hours are typically 8:30a – 4:30p.
• Generous PTO: Accrual starts at 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Relocation Assistance: Enjoy $7,500 in relocation assistance, paid within the first 30 days of employment.
• Career Growth & Stability: Experience a rewarding career with ample opportunities for advancement and stability, supported by a consistently high patient volume.

Work in a Supportive & Collaborative Environment: 

We foster a supportive and collaborative environment where teamwork is valued, and every member plays a vital role in our success. We boast a team-oriented culture that encourages open communication and partnership to provide exceptional patient care within our facilities.

What You’ll Do: 

Work as part of a Cardiothoracic Surgery team to improve outcomes for surgical patients in a dynamic, academic practice. In this role, you will work alongside attending surgeons, other surgery APPs, and surgery nurses and staff. Though APPs in this role will collaborate with other providers, autonomy is both encouraged and fostered. As a valued member of our healthcare team, the PA/NP will play a key role in team-focused patient care, conducting thorough examinations and evaluations in a clinic setting. Responsibilities include:

1. The Clinic APP will see new Cardiothoracic and post-operative patients in the clinical setting. Complete all documentation, including STS data collection, as required per patient evaluation. Evaluate images, labs and test. Provide comprehensive patient education. 
2. Perform wound evaluations and treatments, including wound vac changes and superficial wound closure.
3. Responds to incoming patient related phone calls.
4. Completes short and long term disability forms.
5. During non-clinic hours, assist the Surgeons and Fellows with device removals in the CVICU. 
6. During non-clinic hours, work with Floor APPs with discharge summaries, transfer admissions and wound vac changes.
7. Utilize EMR to efficiently document all assessments and communications.
8. Procedural skills per department or practice guidelines.
9. Opportunity to participate in basic science and clinical research projects 
10. Potential for and encouraged to precept students and/or medical learners 
11. Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment. 
12. Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (North Carolina Medical Board or North Carolina Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.

Physician Assistant (PA) Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; Master’s Degree preferred
• Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License, Certified by NCCPA
• APP post-graduate experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, or Surgery preferred.
• Current American Heart Assoc. BLS and ACLS certification

Nurse Practitioner (NP) Requirements:

• Graduation from accredited Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program, Master’s degree or higher required
• Current North Carolina Board of Nursing Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner license
• Board certified as a Nurse Practitioner by AANP or ANCC
• APP post-graduate experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiology, or Surgery preferred.
• Current American Heart Assoc. BLS and ACLS certification

Where You’ll Live: 

The picturesque cities of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region are ranked among US News & World Report’s Top 50 Best Places to Live and Top 40 Best Places to Retire in 2023. This includes:

• Affordable Living: Enjoy a family-friendly and affordable area, with housing costs 31% below the national average.
• Great Schools: Access to top-notch educational institutions and high-ranking school systems provide excellent opportunities for personal and academic growth. 
• Vibrant Neighborhoods: Join a regional population of 1.6 million residents, where lively downtowns and family-orientated neighborhoods create a warm and inviting atmosphere.

When you join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing – for all. 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care. 

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence – always

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