PA/NP Pulmonary Outpatient APP | Team Opportunity | UF St Johns

Overview

Position Summary

UF Health Pulmonary - Durbin is seeking an experienced and motivated Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate to join our outpatient pulmonary medicine team. This is a full-time, Monday through Friday position focused exclusively on ambulatory pulmonary care.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will work collaboratively with UF Health pulmonologists to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage patients with a broad range of pulmonary and sleep-related disorders. The position is designed for an APP who is comfortable managing both routine and complex pulmonary conditions within a collaborative, physician-supported practice environment.

This position offers a predictable outpatient schedule with no nights, weekends, or call responsibilities.

Schedule

• Full-time, Monday through Friday
• Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• No nights, weekends or call responsibilities
• Outpatient practice setting

Clinical Responsibilities

The APP will provide comprehensive outpatient pulmonary care in collaboration with attending pulmonologists. Responsibilities include:

• Obtain comprehensive and focused patient histories and perform appropriate physical examinations.
• Develop assessments and differential diagnoses based on clinical findings, previous medical records, laboratory data, imaging, and pulmonary testing.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans in collaboration with supervising and collaborating physicians as appropriate.
• Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic testing, including laboratory studies, pulmonary function testing, chest imaging, sleep-related testing, and other pulmonary diagnostic studies.
• Prescribe medications and other therapeutic interventions within the APP's scope of practice.
• Provide ongoing management of chronic pulmonary and sleep-related conditions.
• Educate patients and families regarding pulmonary disease, medications, inhaler therapy, oxygen therapy, PAP therapy, smoking cessation, disease prevention, and treatment plans.
• Coordinate care with pulmonologists, primary care physicians, specialists, respiratory therapists, sleep medicine providers, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Identify patients requiring physician evaluation, escalation of care, hospitalization, procedural intervention, or subspecialty referral.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and thorough clinical documentation within the electronic medical record.

Patient Volume

The APP should be comfortable working in an active outpatient pulmonary practice and managing approximately 18-25 patients per day, depending on patient complexity, visit type, and clinic scheduling.

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
• Current or eligible Florida APRN or Physician Assistant licensure.
• Appropriate national board certification.
• Current DEA registration or eligibility to obtain DEA registration
• Current BLS certification.
• Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and patient-management skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and patient-education skills.

Experience

• 1-2 years of pulmonary medicine experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience in outpatient pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, critical care, or a closely related specialty is desirable.

Position Highlights

• Monday-Friday daytime schedule; 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
• Competitive salary and benefits package commiserate with experience
• Broad exposure to pulmonary and sleep disorders
• Collaborative relationship with UF Health pulmonologists
• Opportunity to develop significant expertise in longitudinal pulmonary disease management