3017450 Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Infectious Disease | OP | Full-Time | Days
- Piedmont Healthcare
- Macon, GA, USA
Job Description
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3017450 Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Infectious Disease | OP | Full-Time | Days
Overview: Performs a variety of patient care activities in accordance with established standards and practice. Emphasizes health promotion as well as acute and chronic disease management. Works in conjunction with physicians to provide medical services to patients; collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations and provides direct patient care services, including physical exams, diagnoses and treatment of patients, etc. Responsibilities: Performs a variety of patient care activities in accordance with established standards and practice. Emphasizes health promotion as well as acute and chronic disease management. Works in conjunction with physicians to provide medical services to patients; collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations and provides direct patient care services, including physical exams, diagnoses and treatment of patients, etc. Qualifications:
Education
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Masters in Nursing Required or
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board Required
Work Experience
- Minimum 2-3 years of clinicalNP experience preferred.
- Previous experience in ICU or critical care settingspreferred
- Previous wound care experience highly desirable for both acute and chronic as well as surgical and non-surgical wounds
Licenses and Certifications
- ACLS Upon Hire Required and
- CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation Upon Hire Required and
- PA - Physician Assistant Licensed Physician Assistant in the State of Georgia. Updated NCCPA for PAs Upon Hire Required or
- ACNP - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Licensed for Advanced Practice Nursing (ACNP, FNP, WHNP) Upon Hire Required
Business Unit : Company Name:
Piedmont Medical Care Corporation
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Piedmont is empowering Georgians by changing health care. We continue to fuel Georgia’s growth through safe, high-quality care close to home through an integrated health care system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. We are a private, not-for-profit organization that for centuries has lived up to our purpose to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve.
Across our 2,279 physical locations we care for more than 4.5 million patients and serve communities that comprise 85 percent of Georgia’s population. This includes 26 hospitals, Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 108 QuickCare locations, 2,171 Piedmont Clinic physician practices and nearly 3,600 Piedmont Clinic members. Our patients conveniently engage with Piedmont online, as they scheduled more than 562,000 online appointments and over 121,100 virtual visits.
With more than 47,000 care givers we are the largest Georgia-based employer of Georgians, who all came for the job, but stayed for the people. In 2024 and 2023, Piedmont has earned recognition from Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and also as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women. In 2022, Forbes ranked Piedmont on its list of the Best Large Employers in the United States. In addition, Piedmont provided nearly $607 million in community benefit programming and uncompensated care in Fiscal Year 2024.