Nurse Practitioner

Atrium Health Navicent is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Pediatrics for a job in Macon, Georgia.

• Specialty: Pediatrics
• Discipline: Nurse Practitioner
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Overview

Atrium Health Navicent

Job Description

Title: Advanced Practice Provider (APP) – Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant

AHNMG Overview: Atrium Health Navicent Medical Group is comprised of over 250 physicians and advanced practice providers spanning 40+ medical specialties including General Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties, Hospital Medicine, Pediatric Primary Care and Subspecialties, Primary Care, Urgent Care, and Women’s Obstetrics & Gynecology along with Subspecialties. As a “Best Place to Care” in Central Georgia, Atrium Health Navicent’s mission is to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all with a vision to be the national leader for health, learning & community. Atrium Health Navicent is a nearly 1,000 bed health system, encompassing The Medical Center, a 637- bed level one trauma center, The Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital, a Rehabilitation Hospital, and facilities in Baldwin and Peach counties. Atrium Health Navicent is a premier teaching hospital associated with Mercer University School of Medicine. As a member of the medical group, you will have a unique opportunity to be a part of a professional network of Advanced Practice Providers in your local community and across the medical groups across Advocate Health’s Southeastern Region. 

Job Summary: Functions independently, including coordination and facilitation of administrative and clinical activities in collaboration with a supervising physician to provide the following essential functions listed below.

Essential Functions:

• Abides by AHN Mission and Culture Commitments. 
• Provides high quality patient care, including but not limited to:
  • Collects appropriate medical history, performs physical examinations, formulates a comprehensive assessment, and develops a treatment plan.
  • Performs medical and/or surgical procedures as qualified to perform, approved by the AHN Medical Staff Office and in accordance with medical staff bylaws.
  • Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiographic tests.
  • Writes appropriate prescriptions and administers medications.
  • Displays knowledge of the principles of growth and development while demonstrating the skills and competencies appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.
  • Completes all medical record documentation in a timely and complete manner.
  • Demonstrates proficiency in documentation and billing processes. Understands and complies with federal and state coding policies.
• Ensures patient safety. Acts as a patient advocate.
• Ensures patient confidentiality. Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job. Will share information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.
• Actively participates in AHNMG/Service Line/Department/Practice activities and meetings as requested.
• Meet both AHNMG and division-specific Minimum Work Standards, including Access, Citizenship, Production and Quality.
• Actively participates in AHN performance improvement processes and actively engages in successful performance improvement gap closure by striving to meet operational and quality metrics.
• Actively participates in marketing and business development of AHNMG and practice.
• Pursues personal and professional development. Is a life-long learner.
• Takes initiative, is flexible to change, follows through on commitments, takes personal responsibility and assumes ownership for successfully completing job responsibilities.

The above functions are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by providers assigned this job classification. They are not to be construed as an all-inclusive list of all duties, skills and responsibilities of people so assigned.

Education, Licensure and Certifications:

Eligible for prescriptive authority through the Georgia Board of Nursing and/or Georgia Composite Medical Board. If applicable in setting, must have or be eligible to obtain a DEA license.

Nurse Practitioner – Master’s Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required. Georgia license to practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Registered Nurse through the Georgia Board of Nursing required. Certification in the area of practice and appropriate for the population served from a nationally recognized certifying body required.

Physician Assistant – Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; Master’s Degree preferred. Georgia license to practice as a Physician Assistant through the Georgia Composite Medical Board required. Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistance required.

Atrium Health Navicent Job ID #104444. Posted job title: Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric Orthopedics

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health is now part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. In the Southeast Region, Atrium Health provides care under the Atrium Health name in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, NC, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Together, we are committed to providing equitable care for all. Annually, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in community benefits.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

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.

Atrium Health Navicent

Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of healthcare in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and well-being through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation's leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home - including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation. 

Atrium Health Floyd

Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service hospital located in Rome, Georgia. Serving as the main campus for Atrium Health Floyd, this hospital provides a certified Chest Pain Center, a designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Atrium Health Floyd also is home to a state-designated Level II Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and has specialty centers for pediatrics, and wound care and hyperbaric therapy.

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account