Atrium Health Seeking Urology APP in Lincolnton, NC

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. We invite Physicians to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together.

The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant functions as an independent healthcare provider who, working in collaboration with collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to both well healthy and ill patients in the outpatient / inpatient setting. . He / she demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in working with patients with acute and chronic illnesses commonly encountered in Urology. He / she is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination for patients and families with acute and chronic health needs. The NP / PA practices as a member of the Department of Urology provider team. This position will participate in weekly urology academic conferences. The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant demonstrates an advanced level of medical / nursing clinical knowledge, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism and systems-based practice. He / she works with administrative, nursing, physician, and faculty to assure safe, effective, quality patient care and to promote Atrium Health educational and research missions.

The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant will provide care within his / her scope of practice as outlined by applicable state law, licensing, regulations, institutional policy and practice agreements. The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant is eligible to begin practice after he / she is credentialed and privileged by Atrium Health and Clinics Medical Staff. Active hospital privileges will be required to begin and to maintain employment within this Department. The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant will need to be credentialed and obtain and maintain professional privileges required for employment within this department.

Major Responsibilities :

Clinical Knowledge

• Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, presentation and epidemiology of medical conditions.
• Performs history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, complete, concise, relevant and appropriate for age, gender and clinical problem.
• Orders appropriate diagnostic studies and correctly interprets the results.
• Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data.
• Develops, implements, evaluates and alters the plan of care as needed.
• Manages general medical and surgical conditions based on knowledge of the indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions and adverse reactions of pharmacologic agents and other relevant treatment modalities.
• Counsels and educates patients and families.
• Demonstrates proficiency in procedural skills pertinent to practice area.
• Maintains accurate, complete, concise and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.

Patient Care

Practice Based Learning and Clinical Improvement

Communication and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Professionalism

Systems Based Practice

Position Description :

Roles and responsibilities specific to area of clinical practice :

Outpatient Specific Responsibilities

Procedures :

Performs routine clinical procedures independently as outlined in practice agreements / scope of practice including, but not limited to, the following :

Position Qualifications :