APP FT- Charlotte

About the role

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Nest Health is designed to improve health outcomes for underserved families through culturally congruent, longitudinal care that integrates physical, behavioral, and social health. Operating within an interdisciplinary team, the NP/PA plays a vital role in advancing Nest’s mission to make comprehensive, value‑based care radically accessible to America’s highest‑risk populations. The NP or PA is the primary care provider, delivering whole‑family primary, acute, chronic, and pediatric care to adult and pediatric family members in the home setting, and also serves as an educator, collaborating closely with physicians, behavioral health counselors, registered dieticians, and a medical assistant upskilled to support social‑services navigation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a panel of families as the primary care provider to improve whole‑family health through longitudinal primary and preventive care, care management, and care coordination in the home setting and via virtual modalities (video, phone, SMS).
• Practice with the support of an interdisciplinary team including MDs, LCSWs, RNs, psychiatrists, dieticians, and medical assistants.
• Utilize Nest Health’s EHR and care‑management tools to collect data, document interactions, organize information, track tasks, and communicate with team members, patients, and community resources.
• Attend daily team huddles and weekly case conferences to advise on physical health needs and establish health goals as part of each member’s Nest Action Plan (NAP).
• Propose treatments for chronic and infectious diseases, prescribe and reconcile appropriate medications, and educate patients about their conditions and medications.
• Order, administer, obtain, and record diagnostic tests.
• Provide information and assistance through advocacy, navigation support, and education on availability and eligibility of health and social‑care services.
• Participate in outreach efforts to explain program details to potential families.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
• Active, unrestricted license to practice in North Carolina.
• At least 2 years of clinical experience providing services to pediatric (including newborns) and adult patients with both chronic medical and behavioral health conditions.
• Interest in serving underserved, vulnerable populations.
• Demonstrated proficiency, prior experience, and/or willingness to train in clinical nursing skills such as venipuncture/phlebotomy, patient assessments, and care‑plan reinforcement for common adult and pediatric chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes,