Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Job Opening

Thrive Where Contributions Are Rewarded and Valued

As an advanced practice provider (APP) with Sound Physicians, you will work in an environment that promotes the Sound core values of integrity, teamwork, service, quality, and innovation enjoying a sustainable career with programs consistently staffed to levels that facilitate a manageable workload for our hospital teams. Sound values our advanced practice providers and realizes they need a forum to collaborate. Our APP collaborative was formed to provide development opportunities and to advance the role of our providers who work alongside our physician providers. We offer the same leadership development opportunities for APP's that are provided to our physician providers.

• Team of 6 physicians, 4 advanced practitioners, and a clinical performance nurse
• 108 acute care hospital
• No procedures required
• Full spectrum of specialties
• Codes run by ER and ICU
• Cerner EMR
• Access SoundInstitute™ learning platform for continuing education and professional career development with convenient online and in-person educational courses, including CME

Requirements of Advanced Practitioners

Our talented providers are the key to fulfilling our mission. We focus on optimizing the practice environment so our providers can feel really proud of the care they give. This is the key to engagement. We optimize workloads effectively, reducing inefficiencies and consistently exceeding expectations through service excellence to our providers.

• Perform evaluation and management services to patients requiring hospitalist services with the hospitalist practice
• Develop treatment plans
• Complete admissions from ED
• Perform dictation of H&P examinations
• Cross cover for the hospitalist team
• Perform such other responsibilities as reasonably assigned by the chief hospitalist and within NP/PA scope of practice
• Current, unrestricted license in Nevada; will consider family practice or geriatric certification with recent acute care experience

Location & Lifestyle

With over 235,000 residents, Reno is the largest city in Northern Nevada. Reno is located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in an area called the Truckee Meadows and less than 60 miles from Lake Tahoe. Residents enjoy a wide variety of arts and culture including Hot August Nights, Great Reno Balloon Races, and Reno Rodeo, Artown as well as numerous festivals in the Tahoe area.

Reno/Tahoe is truly an outdoor paradise with over 300 days of sunlight each year. Residents are minutes from desert landscapes and breathtaking views of the Sierra Mountains. One can drink coffee in the Riverwalk district, white water raft through downtown or test their luck at a world-renowned casino. The area offers the largest concentration of ski facilities in the world all within a fifty-mile radius. Biking, camping, hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing are all activities Reno residents and visitors enjoy.

Sports enthusiasts enjoy a day at the ballpark routing on the Reno Aces, the local minor league baseball team or watching the major league Soccer team, Reno 1868 FC. Locals also support the University of Nevada Wolf Pack which is located in Reno.