Explore a stimulating opportunity with AHWFB’s Thoracic Surgery Department as we eagerly welcome a skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic surgical team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
What We Have to Offer:
Where You’ll Work:
Join the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Thoracic Surgery Team within the Heart and Vascular Center, where a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach combines cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and vascular surgery to deliver exceptional patient care. As an esteemed academic medical center affiliated with Wake Forest School of Medicine, we lead the way in groundbreaking research and offer unparalleled expertise in managing complex heart and vascular diseases. Recognized nationally for our advanced cardiac care and transplant program, as well as our accreditations from the Society of Chest Pain Centers and The Joint Commission, we stand at the forefront of quality care and innovation. With the highest recognition for quality cardiac surgery from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, joining our team means contributing to a legacy of excellence and patient-centered care in the heart and vascular field.
What You’ll Do:
Our APPs serve as an integral part of the Thoracic Surgery team, dedicated to enhancing surgical patient outcomes. As an NP/PA, you will collaborate closely with attending surgeons, fellow surgery APPs, and adept surgery nurses and staff in both the OR and ambulatory clinic settings. This position offers exciting prospects for engagement in educational and scholarly initiatives, fostering an enriching academic clinical environment. While collaboration with other providers is emphasized, we also encourage and support autonomy in your role. The schedule typically runs from Monday to Friday, with the added responsibility of rotating overnight weekday call alongside two other experienced thoracic APPs.
Responsibilities include:
The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (North Carolina Medical Board or North Carolina Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.
Physician Assistant (PA) Requirements:
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Requirements:
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 third-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. Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites. |
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