Atrium Health
Position Overview
Our Critical Care Advanced Practice Professionals (APPs) are located across three Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist campuses in Winston‑Salem, Lexington, and High Point, providing expert care in a variety of intensive care settings. Lexington hosts a 16‑bed ICU; High Point hosts a 24‑bed ICU. Winston‑Salem offers specialized critical care across multiple subspecialties, including Neuro ICU, Medical ICU, Medical Oncology ICU, and Cardiothoracic ICU. APPs will be considered for positions at all campuses and credentialed at all Critical Care locations.
Hours per week: 40. Schedule details: 36 shifts per quarter – 50% days (6 am‑6 pm), 50% nights (6 pm‑6 am). Pay range: $53.80 – $80.70 per hour.
Responsibilities
Perform physical assessment and management of a broad range of critical illnesses.
Conduct initial resuscitation and management, and coordinate clinical care between intensivists and consulting teams.
Assist with common critical care procedures, including insertion of central venous catheters, dialysis, arterial line placement and monitoring, and endotracheal intubation.
Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
Collaborate with critical care physicians in Specialty Intensive Care Units and work with ICU staff (nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, nutrition services).
Provide comprehensive care of critically ill patients, counseling patients and families on illness details, care, and decision‑making processes, and preparing them for discharge from the ICU.
Participate in basic science and clinical research projects; potential to precept students and/or medical learners.
Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment; perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Qualifications Physician Assistant (PA) Requirements
Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; Master’s Degree preferred.
Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License, certified by NCCPA.
Minimum of one year of experience in a critical care or urgent/emergent care environment.
Current DEA registration.
Current BLS and ACLS certification.
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Requirements
Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program; Master’s degree or higher required.
Current North Carolina Board of Nursing Registered Nurse license and Nurse Practitioner license.
Board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by AANP or ANCC.
Minimum of one year of experience in a critical care or urgent/emergent care environment.
Current DEA registration.
Current BLS and ACLS certification.
Location The picturesque cities of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region—Winston‑Salem, Lexington, and High Point—are ranked among US News & World Report’s Top 50 Best Places to Live and Top 40 Best Places to Retire. Highlights include:
Affordable living: housing costs 31% below the national average.
Great schools: access to top‑notch educational institutions and high‑ranking school systems.
Vibrant neighborhoods: lively downtowns and family‑oriented communities.
Benefits & Compensation
CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $2,500/year.
Work/Life Balance: 36 shifts per quarter (50% days, 50% nights).
Retirement: Up to 7% employer‑paid contributions.
Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 provided candidate meets eligibility requirements.
Career Growth & Stability: ample opportunities for advancement within a consistently high patient volume.
A Rich Quality of Life: vibrant lifestyle within North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region.
Compensation: Base within the listed pay range plus premium and incentive pay, and opportunity for annual increases.
Paid Time Off, health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, short‑ and long‑term disability), flexible spending accounts, family benefits (adoption assistance, paid parental leave), defined contribution retirement plan with employer match, educational assistance program.
Commitment to You Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well‑being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work.
About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third‑largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value‑based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It has over 200 graduate medical education programs and 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations.
Opportunity Explore an exciting opportunity with our AHWFB Critical Care Department as we eagerly welcome a skilled Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic inpatient team!
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Hours per week: 40. Schedule details: 36 shifts per quarter – 50% days (6 am‑6 pm), 50% nights (6 pm‑6 am). Pay range: $53.80 – $80.70 per hour.
Responsibilities
Perform physical assessment and management of a broad range of critical illnesses.
Conduct initial resuscitation and management, and coordinate clinical care between intensivists and consulting teams.
Assist with common critical care procedures, including insertion of central venous catheters, dialysis, arterial line placement and monitoring, and endotracheal intubation.
Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
Collaborate with critical care physicians in Specialty Intensive Care Units and work with ICU staff (nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, nutrition services).
Provide comprehensive care of critically ill patients, counseling patients and families on illness details, care, and decision‑making processes, and preparing them for discharge from the ICU.
Participate in basic science and clinical research projects; potential to precept students and/or medical learners.
Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment; perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Qualifications Physician Assistant (PA) Requirements
Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program; Master’s Degree preferred.
Current North Carolina Medical Board Medical License, certified by NCCPA.
Minimum of one year of experience in a critical care or urgent/emergent care environment.
Current DEA registration.
Current BLS and ACLS certification.
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Requirements
Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program; Master’s degree or higher required.
Current North Carolina Board of Nursing Registered Nurse license and Nurse Practitioner license.
Board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by AANP or ANCC.
Minimum of one year of experience in a critical care or urgent/emergent care environment.
Current DEA registration.
Current BLS and ACLS certification.
Location The picturesque cities of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region—Winston‑Salem, Lexington, and High Point—are ranked among US News & World Report’s Top 50 Best Places to Live and Top 40 Best Places to Retire. Highlights include:
Affordable living: housing costs 31% below the national average.
Great schools: access to top‑notch educational institutions and high‑ranking school systems.
Vibrant neighborhoods: lively downtowns and family‑oriented communities.
Benefits & Compensation
CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $2,500/year.
Work/Life Balance: 36 shifts per quarter (50% days, 50% nights).
Retirement: Up to 7% employer‑paid contributions.
Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 provided candidate meets eligibility requirements.
Career Growth & Stability: ample opportunities for advancement within a consistently high patient volume.
A Rich Quality of Life: vibrant lifestyle within North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region.
Compensation: Base within the listed pay range plus premium and incentive pay, and opportunity for annual increases.
Paid Time Off, health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, short‑ and long‑term disability), flexible spending accounts, family benefits (adoption assistance, paid parental leave), defined contribution retirement plan with employer match, educational assistance program.
Commitment to You Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well‑being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work.
About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third‑largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value‑based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It has over 200 graduate medical education programs and 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations.
Opportunity Explore an exciting opportunity with our AHWFB Critical Care Department as we eagerly welcome a skilled Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic inpatient team!
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