Qualifications:

• Graduated from an Accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program and current licensure to practice in the state of North Carolina.
• Current DEA License
• Current Certification in ACLS/BLS
• Professional clinical experience in a family practice, emergency room, or urgent care setting
• Experience with electronic health records
• Philosophically aligned to ACO goals of high quality, high value care

Duties:

• Perform physical examinations, record medical histories, and formulate diagnoses
• Order and interpret laboratory test and radiology reports, and making diagnoses
• Superficial surgical procedures such as lesion excision, biopsy, incision and drainage of abscessed, cryosurgery, pap smears, suturing or treatment of superficial lacerations or wounds- cleaning, exploration of wound, debridement, repair with surgical glue or sutures, removal of superficial foreign body.
• Injections including: joint, tendon, trigger point injections
• Meet all clinical obligations of the medical practice: Accrediting Agency compliance, CLIA compliance, drug prescription compliance, HIPAA, State and Federal regulations, Safety Regulations, etc.
• Utilize Accountable Care Organization (ACO) tools to assist patients in accessing high value healthcare and maintain excellent quality scores within commercial and public payer ACO programs