NP/PA Orthopedics Opportunity in Washington

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ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Orthopedics - Washington are seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their established practice located in Washington, North Carolina. Candidates with at least one year of experience are preferred.

Washington, North Carolina is a quaint waterfront community offering an excellent work life balance. Combined with eastern North Carolina’s mild climate and affordable cost of living, Washington is a great place for physicians to call home.

Highlights include:

· Employment by ECU Health Physicians

· Hospital privileges at ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, a campus of ECU Health Medical Center

· Growing 9-hospital physician led healthcare system

· Opportunity available due to practice expansion

· Established practice with two orthopedic surgeons, one sports medicine Physician and four Advanced Practice Providers

· Inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities

· Schedule includes four 9-hour work days per week

· 1 in 4 shared Call with APP’s taking first Call

· Clinical responsibilities include performing comprehensive H & P exams, formulating treatment plans for orthopedic problems, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and rounding

· Opportunity to work with ultrasound guided injections

· Hospitalist support for inpatient medical management

· Applicants will be required to have BLS certification from The American Heart Association

· Competitive Compensation and Comprehensive Benefit Package to include: Quarterly productivity and quality bonus potential, Annual Administrative Stipend, Relocation, Vacation, Sick, & Holidays, Malpractice (with tail), 401k matching program/ 457b, Medical, Dental & Vision, Disability & Life Insurance

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

Washington is a small town that honors its historic traditions while embracing the future. It’s known as the “Original Washington” because it’s the first one named after President George Washington. It features one of the state’s largest commercial and residential historic districts, featuring stunning antebellum homes and other structures. It’s located on the Tar and Pamlico rivers, serving as a gateway to the second largest estuary on the East Coast. Health care is an important industry in Washington and the surrounding area in addition to PCS Phosphate, Hackney Industries, Weyerhaeuser and Fountain Powerboats.

• Located in the heart of the Inner Banks on the beautiful Pamlico Sound 
• 70 miles from the  Crystal Coast beaches
• Scenic, waterfront downtown district which offers antique stores, art galleries and restaurants 
• Offers a desirable climate with mild winters and all four seasons – ideal for outdoor enthusiasts 
• Provides diverse and affordable housing, including waterfront homes and land
• A number of school options including public, charter, parochial and private
• Parks & Recreation Department offers a youth sports complex with baseball, softball and soccer fields; an aquatic and fitness center; waterfront parks and boat launching facilities 

If you, or a colleague, is interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Steven Mitchell at (252)558-6751 or Steven.Mitchell@ecuhealth.org. 

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.