APP - Pediatric Sleep Medicine- Charlotte, NC

Overview

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health-the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina.

Atrium Health Levine Children's (AHLC) is looking for an experienced FT Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join their dynamic Pediatric Sleep Medicine team.

The PNP, FNP, or PA-C will assist the team in providing outpatient care for children while under the supervision of and in collaboration with a licensed physician.

Essential Functions :

• Performs initial and periodic medical history, physical examinations, and recurring assessments as needed
• Records findings of examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
• Writes appropriate prescriptions, orders and interprets laboratory and radiology examinations, and determines treatment plan for patients.
• Documents all patient encounters, observations, interventions, and actions in a medically appropriate manner in the patient's medical record.
• Acts as a patient advocate for pediatric patients with various sleep disorders such as insomnia, behavioral insomnia, sleep deprivation, parasomnias, sleep disordered breathing, and hypersomnia.
• Attends, participates and contributes to group / practice meetings and development of policies and procedures when requested.
• M-F, 8-5, no call, with ability to work remote 1-2 days per week.
• Primary office site in South Park area of Charlotte, NC with future opportunities to work in satellite offices.

Education, Experience and Certifications :

• Pediatric experience preferred.
• Approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in North Carolina.
• Prefer that candidate also have an established South Carolina license.
• Must have or be eligible for a DEA license.
• Master's Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice required (NP Applicants).
• Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required (PA Applicants).
• Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred (PA Applicants).
• Experience or interest in Behavioral Health or Behavioral Sleep Medicine preferred

About the Team :

• This position is an opportunity to become part of a dynamic and growing multidisciplinary team involved in quality improvement, research, and medical education.
• Competitive Salary - including relocation and a comprehensive benefits plan.
• Annual CME allowance of $2500 and 40 hours.

About Levine Children's :

At 236 beds, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital (LCH) is the largest children's hospital between Atlanta and Washington DC.

It serves high patient acuity as the flagship children's hospital within the innovative Atrium Health and offers a full complement of over 150 pediatric subspecialists in over 30 different pediatric specialties.

LCH has repeatedly been ranked among the Best Children's Hospitals in the nation by US News & World Report, most recently in eight pediatric specialties for 2023-2024.

• Levine Children's hosts a well-regarded Pediatric Residency Program, serves as a teaching hospital for students at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
• In January 2023, Atrium Health broke ground on a second school of medicine campus- Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte - currently under construction in the heart of a new, life-sciences research-driven innovation district, named "The Pearl".

The medical school will seat its first class in 2025.

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together.

Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally.

In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing-for all.