Job Description

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 Physician Assistants and Acute Care Nurse Practitioners to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visionaries together in our Hepatology team at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. 

Highlights of this role:

• Inpatient, 7 days on/7 days off
• You will be a part of our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team providing excellent care to patients with a variety of liver diseases
• Join our team of Hepatologists, GI/liver fellow, APPs, in house transplant coordinators, transplant pharmacist, social worker and dietician working together to provide team focused patient care

What you’ll do:

• Manage patients with cirrhosis and the associated complications, as well as management of patients undergoing liver transplant evaluation and post-transplant patients admitted to the hospital
• Consultations, daily rounds, progress notes, H&Ps, discharges, ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, provide patient/family education and counseling for patients with chronic liver disease/cirrhosis.

Who you are:

• Experienced APP with at least 2 years of either Gastroenterology experience, Hepatology/transplant or hospitalist medicine preferred
• New grads will be considered
• Physician Assistant – Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required, Master’s Degree preferred. Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred.
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – Master’s Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required. License to practice as a Registered Nurse required. Certification in the area of practice from a nationally recognized certifying body required. Acute Care board certification needed based upon population and acuity served
• APP who can demonstrate appropriate critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
• APP who has the ability to prioritize and make proactive decisions.
  

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into a culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse teams can make together. 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, and redefine care for ALL.

Atrium Health is one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations, connecting patients with on-demand care, world-class specialists and the region’s largest primary care network. A recognized leader in healthcare delivery, quality and innovation, our foundation rests on providing clinically excellent and compassionate care.

We’ve been serving our community since 1940, when we opened our doors as Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Since then, our network has grown to include more than 40 hospitals and 900 care locations ranging from doctors’ offices to behavioral health centers to nursing homes.

Our focus: Delivering the highest quality patient care, supporting medical research and education, and joining with partners outside our walls to keep our community healthy.