Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Danville, VA

Independent Nurse Practitioner or Independent Physician Assistant

MedExpress, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking an Independent Nurse Practitioner or Independent Physician Assistant to join our team. At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data, and support of a global organization behind you. Our clinicians work together on the front line of health care to offer patients across the country urgent care services at the right time, in the right place. We're transforming the way health care is being delivered by making non-emergency care easily accessible for patients and substantially rewarding for clinicians. Here you'll find flexible schedules, extremely talented colleagues, and countless opportunities to grow your career. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description

• Open 8am-8pm, 7 days per week
• Providers typically work 12-hour shifts
• Average patient load = 3-4 patients per hour
• Full licensed medical team and support staff
• Responsibilities include:
  • Suturing
  • Splinting
  • Initial interpretation with digital X-Rays
  • Incisions and drainage

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant program
• Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the ANCC/AANP or certified as a Physician Assistant through the NCCPA
• CPR certified or willing to obtain prior to start date
• DOT certification or ability to obtain within the first 60 days of employment
• Clinical experience working in at least one of the following:
  • 2+ years in Family Medicine
  • 1.5+ years in Urgent Care
  • 1+ years in Emergency Medicine
• Experience treating patients across multiple age groups
• Experience suturing, splinting, and reading x-rays within the last year
• Willing and able to assist at other center locations in the area

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus potential of up to $30,000.00
• Competitive pay and well-deserved incentive bonuses
• CME reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision
• 401k with matching
• Short and long-term disability, company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid malpractice coverage
• Flexible scheduling
• Holiday pay at 1.5x shift rate on days worked
• Upward career growth and professional development
• Supportive and appreciative culture