Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke Allergy Clinics

As a part of Duke Health's outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation's first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master's certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke's missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health's three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

JobLocations

Based on need, you maybe requiredto support at least 2 of the following locations:

• Duke Asthma, Allergy, and Airway Center, 1821 Hillandale Road, Durham, NC
• Duke Allergy and Pulmonary South Durham Clinic, 234 Crooked Creek Parkway, Durham,NC
• Duke Health Cary, 100 Duke Health Cary Pl, Cary, NC

Job Summary

We are seeking anAdvanced Practice ProviderinourDuke Allergy ClinicslocatedinDurhamand Cary, NCto work in collaboration with attending physicians, collect and document dataand provide direct patient care services to general allergy patients.Primary hours will be Monday through Friday, day shift, with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.The ideal candidate will be an autonomous, highly motivated Providerwith excellent communication and organizational skills whoisinterested in managing multiple and severe allergicand immunologicconditions in a high-volume, fast-paced outpatient clinic.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Performthorough patient assessments including history taking, physical examination, ordering and interpretingdiagnostic and therapeutic procedures toassistphysicianin diagnosingand managingcomplexallergic and immunologic conditions.Prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Synthesize apatient'shistory into a detailed and organized chart note, conduct physical examinations, and record the datain the patient's record;Develop and implement individualized treatment planwith supervising physician to be able to independently reassess at follow-up appointments.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature andanticipatedeffects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Monitor progress of patients, report progress to supervisingphysicians, andmaintainrecord of each patient's progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient's progress does not meetanticipatedand/or predetermined criteria.
• Assistwith triage support for same-day, urgent access appointments and in-basket message management.Participation in cross coverage ofin-basket.
• Able and willing to assess and treat acute allergic or anaphylactic reactions that may occur in our immunotherapy and biologic shot clinic.
• Assistwith supervision of immunotherapy and biologic injections that will be given by our team of allergy shot nurses.
• May have opportunities toparticipatein basic science and clinical research projects conducted by supervisingphysicians; prepare statistical reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends andappropriate recommendationsor conclusions. Train new personnel. Participate in teaching students and residents in techniques and procedures which are unique to specific clinicalsettings.
• KeepingUp-to-Date- The field of Allergy and Immunology is constantly evolving. Staying current with treatments and best practices is essential but can be demanding.

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education

• Nurse Practitioners:Workrequires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with aMaster's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants:Workrequires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. ABachelor'sdegreerequired;Master'sdegreestronglypreferred.

Certification

• BLSrequired.

License

• Nurse Practitioners:Musthave current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. BLSrequired. National certification as a NPrequired.
• Physician Assistants:Mustbe licensed in thestate of NC andbe certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. BLSrequired.
• Both: DEAlicensewith prescriptive authorityrequired.

Experience

• 1+ years of APP experiencestronglypreferred.PreviousAllergy/Immunology experience preferred but notrequired.

Job Hours

Monday-Friday, day shift(8a,-5pm),with flexibility to meet clinic needs

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