Full Job Description
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant – Urgent Care
- Do you want the chance to take care of an incredibly culturally diverse patient population of all ages?
- Do you want to contribute to a team by supporting and maintaining an open and positive attitude?
- Are you interested in caring for patients while working a flexible schedule?
- Are you someone that can respond appropriately or seeks support when confronted with cultural biases or conflicts?
- Are you interested in our National Health Loan Forgiveness Repayment program?
Yes? Please continue to read further to explore your future with LCHC.
In this role, you will:
- Provide appropriate health care and teaching to patients and their families.
- Excel in providing high quality care for patients, driven by data, and inspired by our relationships with patients and their families.
- Participate in organization provided continuing education on an ongoing basis, including a subscription to Up to Date.
Our robust Benefit package includes:
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage effective on the first day of employment.
- Ability to enroll in retirement plan, also with employer match options.
- Day one of employment, you will automatically begin to accrue (43) days of earned time.
- Qualify for the National Health Loan Forgiveness Repayment program.
- Flexible shifts available.
Additional Responsibilities include:
- Assess and treat acute non-life-threatening medical conditions and assist with referring to higher levels of care when appropriate.
- Close lacerations with sutures, staples, or dermabond as appropriate.
- Perform incision and drainage of abscesses
- Perform wedge resection of toenails when appropriate
- Perform foreign body removal when clinically appropriate for an urgent care setting
- Oversee intravenous medication and therapies
- Oversee the splinting of fractures and musculoskeletal injuries
Experience:
1-2 years of urgent care or ED experience preferred.
Proficiency with the above procedures.
Experience with primary care is helpful.
The successful applicant will offer:
- Must be Board Certified/Board Eligible in Family Medicine
- Massachusetts license for the practice of medicine
- CPR certification.
- Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.