Hospital Medicine – Assistant Area Director of Advanced Practice

Clinical FTE 0.8 Administrative FTE 0.2

If it’s possible, you will find it at Advocate Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Wisconsin. We invite experienced Advanced Practice Providers to discover what’s possible when clinical excellence, leadership, and innovation come together within our Hospital Medicine team at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to serve as Assistant Area Director of Advanced Practice – Hospital Medicine for the Wake Forest Market. This leadership position combines clinical expertise with operational oversight, supporting APP teams and Hospital Medicine operations across multiple sites of care within the market.

Position Highlights
Advanced Practice leadership opportunity within Hospital Medicine
Provides clinical and operational leadership at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center within the Wake Forest Area
Serves as a key liaison between frontline APPs and Hospital Medicine leadership
Supports implementation and oversight of operational and strategic initiatives
Partners with site-based administrative and clinical leaders
Supports APP recruitment, onboarding, engagement, development, and retention
Provides leadership related to clinical quality, safety, patient experience, access, utilization, and productivity
Opportunity to influence APP practice standards and operational processes across the market
Professional development and leadership support through Advocate Health’s advanced practice infrastructure
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, retirement, PTO, CME, and malpractice coverage

Primary Responsibilities
The Assistant Area Director will serve as a visible clinical leader for Advanced Practice Providers within Hospital Medicine and provide operational support across designated sites within the Wake Forest Market.

Key responsibilities include:
Provide clinical and operational leadership to Hospital Medicine APP teams
Implement and oversee tactical initiatives established by Area and Divisional Service Line leadership
Identify opportunities to improve clinical quality, safety, patient and APP experience, access to care, utilization, and productivity
Serve as a primary communication link between frontline APPs and Hospital Medicine leadership
Communicate organizational strategy, standards, and operational changes clearly and effectively
Elevate site-specific needs, risks, and opportunities to appropriate leadership
Support APP recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, engagement, professional development, and retention
Promote a culture of accountability, professionalism, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Partner with administrative, physician, and Advanced Practice leadership to optimize care delivery and operational performance
Maintain an appropriate clinical presence and serve as a trusted resource for practicing APPs

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced NP or PA with a strong Hospital Medicine background who is ready to expand their impact beyond direct patient care into formal Advanced Practice leadership.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:
Significant clinical experience in Hospital Medicine or inpatient medicine
Previous leadership, supervisory, or operational experience preferred
Strong understanding of APP practice and team-based inpatient care
Ability to lead and support APPs across multiple locations
Strong communication, relationship-building, and conflict-resolution skills
Ability to translate organizational strategy into effective frontline operations
Demonstrated commitment to quality, safety, teammate engagement, and patient experience
Strong organizational and change-management skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, APPs, nursing, administration, and senior leadership

Qualifications

Nurse Practitioner Candidates
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
Master’s degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice required
Appropriate national board certification required
Current or eligible for North Carolina NP/APRN and RN licensure
DEA registration and prescriptive authority as required
BLS certification through the American Heart Association

Physician Assistant Candidates
Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program
Master’s degree preferred
NCCPA certification required
Current or eligible for North Carolina PA licensure
DEA registration and prescriptive authority as required
BLS certification through the American Heart Association

Leadership experience within Hospital Medicine, Advanced Practice, or a comparable inpatient environment is strongly preferred.

Why Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist?
At Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape Advanced Practice within Hospital Medicine while remaining connected to the clinical teams delivering care every day. As part of Advocate Health, you’ll have access to the resources, professional network, and leadership infrastructure of one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems.

This is an opportunity for an experienced APP to move beyond managing individual patients and help strengthen the people, processes, and clinical operations that drive Hospital Medicine across the Wake Forest Market.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.