Nurse Practitioner - Clinic

TeamHealth; Locust (NC); On-site; USD 141,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

No evenings/weekends/call

Structured onboarding and mentoring

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

TeamHealth is seeking an experienced family nurse practitioner or physician assistant to launch a new rural health clinic in Stanly County, North Carolina. You’ll provide comprehensive outpatient primary care across the lifespan, build lasting patient relationships, and work with a collaborative team to improve care in an underserved community.

The schedule is Monday through Friday with no evenings, weekends, or on-call requirements.

Qualifications

• Board-certified family nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
• Active North Carolina license (or ability to obtain).
• DEA registration (or ability to obtain).
• Ability to provide comprehensive primary care across the lifespan.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive outpatient primary care for patients across the lifespan.
• Diagnose and treat acute illnesses and injuries.
• Manage chronic medical conditions using evidence-based practices.
• Perform comprehensive patient evaluations, histories, and physical exams.
• Deliver preventive care, wellness visits, immunizations, and routine health maintenance.
• Perform Medicare annual wellness visits and age-appropriate screenings.
• Develop individualized treatment plans and coordinate care with specialists.
• Educate patients and families regarding disease prevention and lifestyle choices.
• Collaborate with medical director and care team to provide coordinated care.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation within the EHR.

Skills

Family patient care

Team collaboration

Primary care across lifespan

Relationship-building

Education

Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C)

Job description

Build something meaningful; practice the way you've always wanted. TeamHealth is seeking an experienced family nurse practitioner or physician assistant to help launch a new rural health clinic serving Stanly County, North Carolina. If you're looking to build lasting patient relationships, practice comprehensive primary care, and become part of a collaborative team serving an underserved community, we'd love to talk with you.

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

• Monday - Friday schedule
• No evenings, no weekends, no call
• Competitive salary range of $141,000 - $147,000 annually (potential for productivity incentive starting year two)
• Opportunity to help build and grow a new rural health clinic
• Practice relationship‑based medicine with continuity of care
• Modern electronic health record
• Strong physician leadership and operational support
• Structured onboarding and mentoring
• Career growth opportunities within TeamHealth

About the Practice

Our rural health clinic provides comprehensive outpatient primary care through an integrated, patient-centered model focused on improving access and health outcomes in rural communities including...

• Family medicine across the lifespan
• Preventive care and wellness visits
• Acute illness and injury care
• Chronic disease management
• Women's health
• Medicare annual wellness visits
• School, sports, and employment physicals
• Immunizations
• Care coordination and population health management

Clinic also offers integrated behavioral health services through dedicated behavioral health clinicians. This position is focused exclusively on primary care. Behavioral health counseling, psychiatric medication management, and medication‑assisted treatment (MAT) services are provided by dedicated behavioral health specialists. The FNP or PA is not responsible for providing or overseeing behavioral health or MAT services.

What You'll Do

• Provide comprehensive outpatient primary care for patients across the lifespan, including infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults
• Diagnose and treat acute illnesses and injuries
• Manage chronic medical conditions using evidence-based practices
• Perform comprehensive patient evaluations, histories, and physical exams
• Deliver preventive care, wellness visits, immunizations, and routine health maintenance
• Perform Medicare annual wellness visits and age‑appropriate screenings
• Develop individualized treatment plans and coordinate care with specialists and community resources
• Educate patients and families regarding disease prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, and chronic disease management
• Collaborate with the medical director and interdisciplinary care team to deliver coordinated, patient-centered care
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant documentation within EHR

You’ll Be Supported By

• Rural health clinic medical director
• Additional FNP and/or PA
• Licensed clinical social worker
• Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner
• Licensed practical nurses
• Medical assistant
• Patient services representatives
• Experienced practice manager
• TeamHealth's operational and clinical leadership teams

Qualifications

Required

• Board‑certified family nurse practitioner or physician assistant
• Active North Carolina license (or ability to obtain)
• DEA registration (or ability to obtain)
• Ability to provide comprehensive primary care across the lifespan

Preferred

• Two or more years of outpatient primary care experience
• Experience practicing independently in a primary care setting