Urology Advanced Practice Provider Opportunity in Sarasota, Florida

First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System is seeking a Certified Physician Assistant or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to join our Sarasota Urology Group.

The primary function of the PA |NP role is to provide evidence-based, compassionate, and high-quality direct patient care with a focus on outpatient urology. The PA | NP should be comfortable working both independently as well as in collaboration with other members of a multidisciplinary team.

Opportunity Highlights:

• 4-10 hour shifts/week.
• Provide urologic services in an outpatient setting.
• Clinic visits to include simple new patient, follow-up, pre and post operative,
• Hospital rounding as needed
• Provide patient/family education.
• Order laboratory and diagnostic testing and interpret results.
• Perform outpatient office procedures.
• Prescribe, administer, and dispense medications and other
• Coordinates treatment and makes appropriate referrals to other health providers as
• Manage tasks, patient call backs and communicating results.
• 1:7 weekend call for coverage of both FPG practice and hospital (combination of phone and in person).

Sarasota Memorial has a history of quality care delivery:

• Spotlighted as "high performer" in urology and prostate cancer surgery for 2024 - 2025 in U.S. News "Best Hospitals" list.
• Nationally recognized care at the Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute receiving the highest level of accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC).
• CMS 5-Star rated hospital for overall quality. The only hospital in Florida and one of just 17 hospitals in the U.S. to earn the five-star rating in every reporting period since the program’s inception in 2016.
• Earned straight “A” Grades for Patient Safety from Leapfrog since 2016.
• Earned Magnet Nursing Recognition five times from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) since 2003. Sarasota Memorial has remained the only hospital in the region with Magnet recognition for the past 20 years.

Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited master’s degree program
• Current board certification
• Active or eligibility for licensure by the State of Florida
• BLS
• DEA Certificate
• Urology experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently.

Benefit Highlights:

• Competitive salary
• No contract or non-compete clause, candidates sign offer letters only.
• Full array of benefits offered including health, dental, vision, long term disability, PTO, 403B Retirement Plan, and much more. 
• As an employee of a public, State of Florida organization, Advanced Practice Providers are entitled to sovereign immunity.
• We are a Nonprofit 501(c)(3). Employees can participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program when employed by the group.
• No state income tax in Florida. 

Please contact Helen Convery, Provider Recruiter at 941.780.9677 or email at Helen-Convery@smh.com for more information about this exceptional opportunity. 

First Physicians Group is one of the Gulf Coast’s largest primary and specialty care groups. The group is comprised of 600+ Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers covering 49 specialties in 70 practice locations throughout Sarasota and Manatee Counties. FPG has been delivering excellent care for the past 30 years, and it is backed by the tradition and strength of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. Our Board Certified physicians come from some of the most prestigious medical schools and training programs in the nation, and we have earned a reputation of employing some of the community’s best physicians.

Founded in 1925, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is a regional medical center offering Southwest Florida’s greatest breadth and depth of care, with more than 2,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 2 million patient visits a year across its network of care. Sarasota County’s largest employer, the health system includes two full-service hospitals in Sarasota and Venice, a freestanding ER in North Port and Lakewood Ranch, and a comprehensive network of outpatient centers, urgent care clinics and physician practices that stretch from Manatee County to North Port. As the region's only public health system and not-for-profit health care provider, SMH serves as a critical safety net for the uninsured in Sarasota County.

In 2025 Sarasota Memorial Health Care System will continue to invest in transformative projects including construction of the Milman-Kover Outpatient Cancer Pavilion and the Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute. We are also breaking ground on two new medical campuses to serve the fast-growing North Port and Wellen Park communities in south Sarasota County.   

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