Primary Care Nurse Practitioner or Physican Assistant- Vergennes Porter Medical Center

Position Overview
We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Primary Care department in Vergennes. This role provides comprehensive primary care to patients across the lifespan, including both pediatric and adult populations. The APP will practice medicine within their scope of practice, based on education, training, and experience, in collaboration with the physician group.

Education, Licensure, and Certifications

Physician Assistant (PA):

• Graduate of an ARC-PA–accredited program (or prior to January 2001, a CAAHEP-accredited program).

• Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Nurse Practitioner (NP):

• Completion of a master’s, post-master’s, or doctorate from a nurse practitioner program accredited by CCNE or ACEN.

• Current certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body.

All Candidates Must:

• Be board certified/board eligible.

• Obtain (or be eligible for) a Vermont NP or PA license.

• Hold (or be eligible for) a DEA certificate.

Experience

• Minimum of 2–3 years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in a primary care setting is required.

Since 1925, Porter Medical Center has been providing high-quality health care to the residents of Addison County, Vermont and its surrounding communities. Our mission is to improve the health of our community, one person at a time.

Porter Medical Center is comprised of a 25-bed acute care facility, and a 98 bed skilled nursing facility which includes a memory care unit, short-term rehabilitation unit, and a long-term care unit. Porter operates a network of primary care and specialty medical practices throughout the region, as well as an infusion center and Porter ExpressCare.

Porter Medical Center is a health care partner of The University of Vermont Health Network. The University of Vermont Health Network is a six-hospital, and home health & hospice, system designed to offer highly integrated health care across the communities of Vermont and northern New York.

The hospitals in the network include The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington, Vermont), Central Vermont Medical Center (Berlin, Vermont), Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (Plattsburgh, New York), Elizabethtown Community Hospital (Elizabethtown, New York), Alice Hyde Medical Center (Malone, New York),  Porter Medical Center (Middlebury, Vermont), and the UVM Health Network Home Health & Hospice. The network also includes the UVM Health Network Medical Group.