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

• Part-time inpatient rounding responsibilities with Sentara Hospital Medicine (SLH)

• 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.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $107,785.60 - $312,000.00 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.