Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant

Job Type

Permanent

Specialty

Hospitalist, Neonatology, Pediatrics

State

NC

Location

NC – Greenville/Morehead City, NC

Description

Location:
Greenville/Morehead City, NC

Greenville is a thriving cultural, educational, and medical hub in eastern North Carolina, named one of Livability's Top 100 Best Places to Live in both 2025 and 2026, offering a cost of living below the national average and easy access to beautiful coastal beaches. Morehead City complements this with a vibrant waterside lifestyle along North Carolina's Crystal Coast, featuring boutique shops, dining, and endless outdoor recreation opportunities just minutes from historic Beaufort and Atlantic Beach.

Facility:
This opportunity involves practice privileges at two exceptional facilities. The primary site is an independent, 135-bed not-for-profit community hospital offering a full range of acute care, diagnostic, and outpatient services including a birthing center, cancer center, and more. Monthly rotations are incorporated at a renowned Level I Pediatric Trauma Center featuring a 72-bed NICU — the second largest in North Carolina — along with a 12-bed PICU, 42 general and intermediate pediatric beds, and highly specialized services including ECMO, pediatric neurosurgery, craniofacial surgery, and a designated Children's Miracle Network designation placing it among the nation's top children's facilities.

Opportunity:
Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant – Hospitalist, Neonatology, Pediatrics

Job Details:

• Provide care for newborn infants and pediatric patients at a community hospital in Morehead City, NC, with monthly rotations to a children's hospital in Greenville, NC for high-risk resuscitation skills and competency maintenance
• New Pediatric NP-AC graduates are welcome to apply
• Clinical responsibilities include rounding and coordination of care from admission to discharge for all newborn patients
• Attendance at all high-risk deliveries is required
• Participation in resuscitation, stabilization, and transfer of critically ill neonates as needed
• 3-month rotating schedule: Month 1 includes 10 twenty-four-hour call shifts, 1 training/competency shift, and 1 onsite 8-hour shift; Month 2 includes 6 twenty-four-hour call shifts and 9 onsite 8-hour shifts; Month 3 includes 12 twenty-four-hour call shifts — this rotation repeats every three months
• Transfer support provided by the academic medical center
• Support and continuous competency training provided by the children's hospital
• Pediatric NP-AC or Physician Assistant with experience in Newborn or NICU settings required
• Active NC RN licensure and NC Nurse Practitioner licensure or NC licensure as a Physician Assistant required
• National Board Certification as a Pediatric NP-AC or as a Physician Assistant required, including ongoing maintenance
• Minimum 2+ years of experience in a healthcare setting required
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required
• Competitive relocation assistance available

Compensation:
Employed salary with benefits.

Job ID

64155102