Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) – Primary Care – MUSC Health Primary Care – Sumter, SC

MUSC Health is seeking a skilled Advanced Practice Provider to work at MUSC Health Primary Care – Sumter, SC. The successful candidate will perform history and physical assessments with the goal of providing the highest standard of primary care to the patient population of Marion and the surrounding communities. Examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salaried/Exempt

• All certifications must be current and complete prior to start date: 

  • Currently licensed (or eligible) in the state of South Carolina as a Physician Assistant by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners or as an APRN with the SC Board of Nursing 

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) 

  • If BLS is not current, provider must enroll and have received certificate by start date 

  • DHEC and DEA license applications must be submitted prior to first day 
     

• Job Duties  

  Provides direct care to patients through the following activities: 

  • Takes comprehensive history and performs physical examinations 

  • Evaluates and treats on the basis of history, physical examination, radiological, laboratory, and other diagnostic test results pursuant to the practice agreement or scope of practice guideline 

  • Initiates referrals to other health care provides, and/or consults with the attending physician or the collaborating physician 

  • Documents and bills for direct care provided 

  • Utilizes current research and evidence-based decision-making in all clinical practice 

  • Performs and participates in quality/performance improvement activities and clinical research 

  • Participates in and supports accreditation, compliance, and regulatory activities of the organization 

  • Demonstrates responsibility for professional practice through active participation in professional organizations and continuing education 

  • Potential to precept students at MUSC enrolled as an advanced practice provider student; and facilitates the learning of other new team members 

  • APRN or PA must maintain licenses, certifications, CNEs/CMEs, etc. as required by applicable policies and state law 

  Physical Requirements 

  Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions. Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors. Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.? 

MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise of The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is dedicated to the pursuit of Changing What’s Possible in health care. We see more than one million patient encounters annually, and our specialized care teams consistently rank among the best in the country.

• In 2022, for the 8^th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 Hospital in South Carolina
• In 2023, MUSC Health was included in the Top 100 on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Large Employers

MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering transformational patient care and leading-edge treatment while training generations of innovative and compassionate health care leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. At MUSC Health, we empower our providers to transform expertise, learning and discovery into unrivaled patient-centered care, and to demonstrate our values of Compassion, Teamwork, Diversity, Accountability, and Innovation in everything we do.

Our integrated health care system includes a downtown Charleston campus featuring five unique hospitals, nine regional medical centers located throughout the state, affiliations with numerous healthcare partners, more than 300 telehealth sites, and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina.