Pediatric Infectious Disease- Full Time NP/PA

About the role

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite experienced APPs to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visionaries together. When you join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all hospitalized patients, particularly those admitted to the PICU and NICU, are evaluated daily and receive timely, high‑quality pediatric infectious disease care.
• Expand outpatient access by supporting follow‑up of patients seen inpatient by the peds ID service.
• Provide telehealth consults for newborns with suspected perinatal infection at High Point Regional Hospital.
• Manage OPAT patients and other common referrals each week.
• Help reduce delays in care and prevent avoidable admissions.
• Provide advanced clinical assessment, management, and care coordination to maintain safe operations, support existing providers, and ensure continuity of care for a vulnerable pediatric population.

Schedule

Full Time Monday‑Friday, 8 am – 5 pm or flexible 10‑hour shift model (Hybrid). Average daily patient load 12‑15. Dynamic team of providers including 8 MDs and 2 APPs.

Requirements

• Must have or be eligible for a DEA license.
• Approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of practice.
• Eligible for prescriptive authority application through the Board of Nursing or Medical Board in NC required.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider from AHA required with expiration date > 90 days from start of practice.
• Demonstrates appropriate critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and ability to prioritize and make proactive decisions.
• Current PALS and ATLS preferred.
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Master's Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required; License to practice as a Registered Nurse required; Certification in the area of practice from a nationally recognized certifying body required.
• Experience in Pediatric Infectious Disease preferred (for NP).
• Physician Assistant: Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; master's