Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke Regional Hospital Emergency Department

About Duke Regional Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. With 388 beds it is the second largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services.

Duke Emergency Medicine Highlights:

- Frontline Medicine at Its Best. Deliver high-impact top-of-scope care to patients with diverse and complex emergency conditions in a busy community hospital environment.
- Unmatched Clinical Variety. Care for everything from minor injuries to life-threatening emergencies, keeping your skills sharp and your work dynamic.
- Team-Based Emergency Care Model. Practice alongside expert emergency physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary teams in a collaborative environment built for safe, efficient, and high-quality emergency care.
- Advanced Emergency Medicine Training & Support. Benefit from comprehensive onboarding, emergency-specific continuing education, simulation opportunities, ultrasound education, and mentorship designed to build confidence and expertise in emergency care.
- Opportunities to Lead in Emergency Care Innovation. Participate in protocol development, throughput optimization, and quality initiatives that shape the future of emergency care delivery.
- Resilient, Mission-Driven Culture. Join a well-established advanced practice team that supports one another, has truly engaged-supportive leadership, and shares a deep commitment to patient care.

Job Summary

Duke Emergency Medicine is seeking Advanced Practice Providers to join our team at Duke Regional Hospital , a campus of Duke University Hospital.

At Duke, our emergency medicine team is driven by a shared commitment to delivering  exceptional, patient-centered care while advancing innovation, collaboration, and clinical excellence in every encounter.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- In collaboration with attending physician(s), provides direct clinical services for critically ill patients according to established protocols and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards.
- Performs triage, physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies, diagnostic procedures and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, coordinates the care of patients, and provides direct patient care services.
- Formulates and implements treatment plans for acute illness management and observation care in collaboration with the attending physician(s).
- Analyzes clinical practice patterns so to provide the best medical care and to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
- Communicates verbally and in writing all pertinent patient information to supervising physician, nursing staff, patient resource manager, home health agency, and other relevant healthcare providers.
- Provides timely documentation in the electronic medical record of all relevant data including results of diagnostic tests; laboratory results; patients’ condition and response to therapies/interventions; communications with physician colleagues.
- Contributes to excellence in patient care, teaching, consulting, and provides leadership to the organization and to the advanced practice profession.

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education

- Nurse Practitioners:
- Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
- FNP or AGACNP/AGCCNP with pediatric certificate required, ENP certificate preferred

- Physician Assistants:
- Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
- A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

Certification

- BLS certification required

License

- Nurse Practitioners:
- Must have current or compact RN licensure in the State of North Carolina.
- Must have a national certification as a Nurse Practitioner.

- Physician Assistants:
- Must be licensed as a Physician Assistant in the State of North Carolina.
- Must have active certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

- DEA licensure required.

Experience

Candidates must have at least one year of advanced practice Emergency Medicine experience or have completed a residency/fellowship in Emergency Medicine.

Job Hours

- This position is full time working 14-16 ten-hour shifts/month.  Rotating days, nights and weekends.

Enhanced Incentives

- Relocation assistance may be available .

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

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