Title: APP/Primary Care

Job Summary

Functions independently in the primary care office setting in collaboration with a supervising physician. Includes Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health settings. Emphasis on preventative care, chronic disease management, stable acute illness reprieve, health promotion, and illness/injury prevention.

Essential Functions

• Provide chronic care management to patients.

• Perform health histories, physical exams, and individual and group health education.

• Recognize abnormalities that justify immediate referral to a specialist per policy.

• Prescribe medications and order diagnostic studies & treatments per policy.

• Order, interpret and follow-up on lab tests and results.

• Supervise and assist the clinic staff in providing the established standards of care.

• Support clinic functions by participating in and implementing policy development and operational improvement.

• Participate in quality improvements.

Physical Requirements

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English fluently and in understandable terms. Bilingual in Spanish is a plus. Must possess intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and finger dexterity. Must have the ability to react and perform in stressful situations.

Schedule primarily composed of weekday shifts.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state one works. Eligible for prescriptive authority application through the Board of Nursing or Medical Board in NC required. BLS for Healthcare Provider from AHA required with expiration date greater than 90 days from date of beginning practice. Demonstrates appropriate critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and the ability to prioritize and concentrate.

Nurse Practitioner:

Unrestricted RN license in North Carolina; official recognition by the NC Board of Nursing and NC Board of Medicine as an advanced practice nurse with prescriptive authority; board certified as an FNP by AACN or AANP.

Physician Assistant:

Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; Master’s Degree preferred. Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred.

Preferred: Chronic care management experience, diabetes management experience, proficiency in Spanish a plus.

Patient Population Served

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

Cook Community Clinic offers competitive salaries and a rewarding work environment. Located in Huntersville, NC, Cook Community Clinic is a 501c3 non-profit providing high-quality professional healthcare to uninsured residents of Mecklenburg and southern Iredell counties. CCC offers primary care, on-site laboratory services, women’s health services, physical therapy, diabetes education and counseling, a smoking cessation program, specialty referrals, and Community Health Workers. For more information about the clinic, please visit www.cookcommunityclinic.org

Interested candidates should send a résumé and contact information for 2-3 references to Sarah Porter, Executive Director, sarah@cookcommunityclinic.org . Please use “APP VACANCY” in the subject line.

Nurse Practitioner:

Unrestricted RN license in North Carolina; official recognition by the NC Board of Nursing and NC Board of Medicine as an advanced practice nurse with prescriptive authority; board certified as an FNP by AACN or AANP.

Physician Assistant:

Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; Master’s Degree preferred. Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred.

Preferred: Chronic care management experience, diabetes management experience, proficiency in Spanish a plus.