Advanced Practice Provider (APP/NP/PA) Teen and Young Adult Health

Build a meaningful specialty practice supporting adolescents and young adults through complex health challenges, including eating disorders.

This Advanced Practice Provider opportunity offers the chance to deliver relationship-centered care within UVA Health’s Teen & Young Adult Health Clinic. You will help meet the needs of a growing eating disorder patient population while developing specialized expertise through dedicated

physician mentorship, clinical education, and progressive independence.

The Role

As an APP in Teen and Young Adult Health, you will provide outpatient management and follow-up care for adolescents and young adults, with an enhanced focus on patients with eating disorders. Many patients will be transitioning from hospitalization to longitudinal outpatient care, giving you the opportunity to build trust, support recovery, and provide continuity during a critical stage of life.

You will practice in a collaborative academic environment alongside physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, therapists, support staff, residents, and fellows. The team welcomes clinicians with established eating disorder expertise as well as APPs who bring a genuine passion for adolescent health and a strong commitment to developing specialty knowledge.

The position offers a Monday through Friday clinical schedule with occasional nights/weekends/holiday call coverage and occasional weekend and holiday inpatient coverage.

In this role, you will:

• Manage and provide follow-up care for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders.
• Support patients transitioning from inpatient treatment to ongoing outpatient management
• Deliver adolescent primary care and help patients take an active role in their health.
• Provide occasional nights/weekends/holiday call coverage
• Provide occasional weekend and holiday inpatient coverage
• Build long-term clinical relationships with patients experiencing chronic or complex eating disorders.
• Collaborate closely with physicians and an interdisciplinary care team.
• Provide reproductive health services when qualified, potentially including contraceptive management, IUD placement, and Nexplanon or Explanon insertion.
• Grow toward greater clinical independence in adolescent medicine and eating disorder management.
• Explore the potential to participate in inpatient eating disorder care as your experience and comfort develop.

Success in this position begins with a strong ability to connect and communicate with teens and young adults. Previous experience in adolescent medicine, teen health, primary care, eating disorder treatment, women’s health, or reproductive health is valuable. Spanish-language proficiency is also highly desirable. Above all, the team is looking for an APP who is intentionally drawn to this patient population and motivated to grow within the specialty.

Advanced Practice Provider Scope of Practice:

Clinical

• Provides expert evidence-based, top-of-scope care in their clinical practice
• Acts as part of a specialty team, collaborating with other clinicians as appropriate
• Provides health education to patients
• Maintains accurate, timely, and thorough documentation
• Ensures compliance with institutional and regulatory standards

Leadership

• Supports development of best practices and protocols in specialty
• Serves on committees and workgroups to enhance patient care
• Provides education to learners in the clinical space
• Mentors new team members

Administration

• Contributes to clinical quality improvement work
• Participates in professional governance through the APP Council
• Attends team development meetings at local and departmental levels

Professional

• Adheres to ASPIRE values in all professional interactions
• Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, and specialty training competencies
• Participates in local, state, and national professional organizations

Background checks and pre-employment health screenings will be conducted on all new hires prior to employment. All safety-sensitive positions with direct patient interaction also require a drug screen.

Why UVA Health

At UVA Health, you will join an academic health system where patient care, clinical education, collaboration, and discovery come together. The Teen & Young Adult Health Clinic provides an especially compelling opportunity for an APP who wants to shape a focused clinical practice while helping an evolving eating disorder program meet growing patient needs.

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What makes this opportunity distinctive:

• A unique specialty role: Develop an APP practice with an enhanced emphasis on eating disorder care within Teen and Young Adult Health.
• Structured mentorship: Learn directly from physicians who are committed to supporting your education and professional development.
• Meaningful continuity: Guide adolescents and young adults through ongoing treatment while building trusted, long-term therapeutic relationships.
• A collaborative academic setting: Work with physicians, APPs, nurses, residents, fellows, and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Room to grow: Build advanced expertise, progress toward increased independence, and potentially expand into inpatient eating disorder care.
• Whole-person clinical practice: Combine eating disorder management, adolescent primary care, and reproductive health services based on your qualifications.
• Sustainable scheduling: Maintain a weekday practice without weekend or holiday coverage.

This role is well suited to an NP or PA who wants more than another general APP position. It offers the opportunity to develop specialized clinical expertise, make a lasting impact on a vulnerable patient population, and contribute to the continued growth of an important program.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Why People Love Living in Charlottesville

Charlottesville combines the energy and cultural resources of a university community with convenient access to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Central Virginia’s natural beauty. The area offers independent restaurants, arts and music venues, locally owned shops, historic neighborhoods, and a range of urban, suburban, and rural living options. For healthcare professionals and families, Charlottesville provides an appealing setting in which to build a career while enjoying outdoor recreation, community events, and a balanced lifestyle beyond the clinic.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Graduate of an accredited graduate school of nursing or physician assistant program with a master’s degree.

Experience: Department and unit specific.

Licensure: License or license eligible as an Advance Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, and Physician Associate) as set forth by the state of Virginia. If Nurse Practitioner, license to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia is required. Must demonstrate and maintain all credentialing and licensing requirements of UVA Health System, the Virginia Board of Medicine or the Virginia Board of Nursing, and appropriate certifying bodies. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required. Current PALS/NRP, as required, specific to position. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as required, specific to position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending/stooping, reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive); Repetitive motion: computer keyboard. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 50 - 100lbs. May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

The pay range for this role is $116,123.00 - $171,163.20 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Retirement Savings
• Long-term and Short-term Disability
• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and Education Support

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.