Starting salary based on qualifications and experience.
Required Education:
Masters
Internal Number: 405-49-1028
Job Summary: Serves the clients of AppHealthCare by providing preventive, primary care, and public health services.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Provide high-quality preventive public health and primary care to clients seeking healthcare services. Collect health histories, perform physical exams, and offer education, counseling, and treatment to clients seeking healthcare services within Primary Care, Maternal Health, Family Planning, Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, as well as Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Programs. Interest in providing medication- assisted treatment services for patients in recovery from opiate addiction is required. Ongoing supervision from the Medical Director includes defined patient care protocols and guidelines with availability for prompt consultation.
Minimum Education & Experience
Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the North Carolina Medical Board or approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Certified Nurse Midwife by the North Carolina Board of Nursing and the North Carolina Medical Board.
AppHealthCare is a fully accredited district health department serving Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga counties and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving Alleghany and Ashe counties.
Our mission is to promote safe and healthy living, prevent disease, and protect the environment.
The Appalachian District Health Department was established in 1933 and covers Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga Counties. The health department provides many services such as high quality clinical care, nutrition services, Women Infants and Children (WIC), community health services and environmental health services.
The rebranding initiative represents our ability to continue to provide high quality patient care and essential services that are critical for the health of the public. We are committed to serving our patients and clients and ensuring the fulfillment of our mission to promote safe and healthy living, prevent disease and protect the environment.
We provide a variety of high quality services to meet the needs of our communities:
Clinical Services
Environmental Health Services
Nutrition Services
Community Health Services
AppHealthCare accepts private insurances, Medicaid, a...nd Medicare, as well as patients without health insurance. We offer a sliding fee discount program for patients.
AppHealthCare is governed by a Board of Health and an FQHC Board, Partners in Public Health.
