PA or Acute Care NP – General Surgery - Lincoln

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health. We invite Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to discover an opportunity to join Atrium Health General Surgery Lincoln in Lincolnton, North Carolina

This full-time opportunity offers a balanced hybrid inpatient and outpatient general surgery role, combining clinic-based patient care with inpatient responsibilities and operating room assistance. The APP will join an established, collaborative team consisting of two physicians and one APP, offering the opportunity to build surgical experience while working alongside physicians with deep experience serving the Lincoln community.

• Full-time, 1.0 FTE
• Monday-Friday schedule with no nights, weekends, or call
• Hybrid inpatient/outpatient general surgery position
• Typical schedule includes approximately: 3 days of outpatient clinic 2 days of inpatient care/OR assistance
• Outpatient clinic hours are generally 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
• Inpatient/OR days may begin at approximately 7:00 AM
• Assist physicians in the operating room
• Perform appropriate in-office procedures, including port removals
• Collaborative practice environment with two physicians and one APP
• No academic or protected research responsibilities

The APP will support the General Surgery team across the continuum of inpatient and outpatient care. Responsibilities will include managing patients in the clinic, supporting hospitalized surgical patients, assisting physicians in the operating room, and performing appropriate office-based procedures.

This position provides a varied workweek for an APP interested in maintaining both clinical and surgical responsibilities rather than working exclusively in an inpatient or outpatient setting.

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Appropriate board certification/training for the role
• Eligible for or currently holds North Carolina licensure
• Interested in a combination of outpatient general surgery, inpatient care, and operating room responsibilities
• Comfortable learning surgical first-assist responsibilities and office-based procedures
• Collaborative and interested in working closely with an established surgical team
• New graduates will be considered

This is an opportunity to join two experienced physicians who have served the community for many years and bring significant clinical experience to the practice. The position offers an APP the ability to develop a well-rounded general surgery skill set through exposure to the clinic, inpatient environment, operating room, and office-based procedures.

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.