Advanced Practice Provider, Emergency Medicine

Overview

Click here to learn more about working as an APP at: Wake Forest Emergency Providers

Explore an exciting opportunity with Wake Forest Emergency Providers as we eagerly welcome a skilled Physician Assistant or Emergency Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic Emergency Medicine team around the areas of Greensboro & High Point, NC. 

This opportunity allows providers to have variety in work sites. Our providers are encouraged to work at the top of their license within 3 regional hospital settings and 2 free-standing entities, ranging from a Level 2 Trauma Medical Center to Emergency Medicine Outpatient Centers.

What We Offer:

• CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $3,000 and 50 hours paid time off for Continuing Medical Education.
• Work/Life Balance: 10-hr. shifts; Minimum 130 hours per month (30 hours per week)
• Pay Structure: Experience-based tier compensation structure in place, opportunity to earn as you develop personally and professionally!
• Generous Benefit Time Off (BTO): ~150 hours per year accrued based on hours worked, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Career Growth & Stability: Experience a rewarding career with ample opportunities for advancement and stability, supported by a consistently high patient volume.
• A Rich Quality of Life: Indulge in a vibrant lifestyle within North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region, boasting an abundance of walking and biking trails, nationally acclaimed golf courses, active arts communities, tantalizing Southern cuisine, and an array of artisan craft breweries and wineries. 

Where You’ll Work:

Wake Forest Emergency Providers is a part of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist which (www.WakeHealth.edu) is a nationally recognized academic health system in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with an integrated enterprise including educational and research facilities, hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and other primary and specialty care facilities serving 24 counties in northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia.

Wake Forest Emergency Providers provide staffing for the Cone Health Emergency Department sites through a services agreement between these world-class organizations. Cone Health (https://www.conehealth.com/) is a patient-centered, provider friendly, health system headquartered in Greensboro, NC. Our providers work in three regional hospital settings and two free-standing entities. These sites range from a Level 2 Trauma medical center to efficient Emergency Medicine outpatient centers. Patient care requirements are coordinated with many medical centers throughout central North Carolina.

What You’ll Do:  In this role, the provider will work alongside EM Physicians, other EM APPs, and EM nurses and staff to take care of patients. Though APPs in this role will collaborate with and share all patients with physicians, autonomy is both encouraged and fostered. Our EM APPs have increased independent expertise and are encouraged to practice at the top of their license. The focus of this role is primarily clinical, and providers will manage acute conditions in a diverse population of patients. There will be opportunities that provide access to get involved in Education, Administration, and Leadership.

Job Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Licensed, or eligible, for North Carolina as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
  • Nurse Practitioners must be ENP certified or eligible to sit for boards within 6 months of starting employment.     
• Minimum of one year of experience in a primary care or urgent/emergent care environment
• Current BLS and ACLS through American Heart Association or American Red Cross required. ATLS is required within a reasonable timeframe after starting employment.

APP post-graduate experience is preferred. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

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.

Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. 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.