SCH-Hospital Medicine-APP-Discharge Clinic

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Overview:

Advanced Practice Provider (APP) - NP or PA - Hospital Medicine & Discharge Transition Clinic (Hybrid Role)

Position Summary

The APP supports patients across the continuum of care through a hybrid role that includes both inpatient hospital medicine practice and ambulatory post-discharge transitional care.

This position is designed to strengthen continuity between hospitalization and recovery by providing short-term follow-up care in the Discharge Transition Clinic during the critical weeks after hospital discharge, while also maintaining clinical practice within the hospital medicine service.

The APP will help prevent avoidable readmissions, reinforce discharge plans, close care gaps, and ensure safe handoffs back to primary care providers. The role requires strong inpatient clinical experience, excellent communication skills, and comfort practicing across care settings.

Role Structure

This position includes:

• Part-time practice in the Discharge Transition Clinic (Sentara Family Medicine - Hampton Family Practice)
• Part-time inpatient rounding responsibilities with Sentara Hospital Medicine (SCH)
• Collaboration with hospitalists, PCPs, specialists, case management, health plan, and ambulatory partners
• Participation in transition-of-care quality improvement efforts

Scheduling structure will be determined based on operational needs and program development.

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Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:

North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.