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Description:
Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep Sleep Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Outpatient Buckhead
Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep office in Buckhead. This is a full-time outpatient position focusing on sleep medicine patients with the occasional pulmonary patient.
Key Responsibilities:
Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
a. Functions as an independent provider in a busy outpatient pulmonary and sleep medicine office with MDs available to assist in evaluating complex patients as needed.
b. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, and develops appropriate treatment plans.
c. Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures including Home Sleep Tests, In-lab Polysomnography, Chest X-rays, Chest CTs, and Pulmonary Function testing. Explain the necessity, nature, and results of the scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient.
d. Reviews recent PAP usage with the patient via compliance reports and troubleshoots any barriers to nightly PAP use.
Piedmont Benefits include:
Competitive compensation and benefits package
CME allowance
Quality, Service, and Reputation
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board
or
NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with a current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Masters degree in Nursing