Physician Assistant / Emergency Medicine / Maryland / Locum Tenens / Physician Assistant

ChristianaCare, one of the nation's leading health care providers, and GoHealth Urgent Care, an on-demand consumer-centric care company, are operating urgent care centers across the Connecticut area.

At ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care, we place the needs of our patients first - by providing an effortless patient experience, a welcoming culture of care and seamless integration with market-leading health systems and our communities. We would love for you to become a member of our team!

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

We are seeking experienced Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners who have urgent care or emergency room experience, treating both adult and pediatric patients, to join our welcoming and diverse community of providers in the surrounding region part time or full time .

Market-leading compensation and benefits include :

Medica, Dental, Vision, 403b matching

Paid CME reimbursement

Enhanced Tuition Assistance

Generous Paid time off

Eligible Bonus Value Based Incentive for daily volume

Shift Differentials apply in addition for evening and weekends

Job Summary

Urgent care Advanced Practitioners (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner) provide a wide variety of clinical services including treatment of acute episodic conditions such as sore throats, colds, flu-like symptoms, cuts, sprains and minor infections. Functioning in lieu of or alongside of a physician, it is essential for an urgent care Advanced Practitioner to have excellent assessment skills in order to recognize more serious conditions and direct the patient to the emergency room for advanced care when necessary.

A Career with ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care Offers :

Competitive compensation and robust benefits package as an employee of ChristianaCare.

Partnering with ChristianaCare allows us to offer continuity for patient care through access to extensive resources and specialists, including shared advanced EMR (eClinicalWorks) that is fully integrated with ChristianaCare.

Work in our beautiful award-winning state-of-the-art centers that are provider / patient-friendly and equipped with imaging, labs and on-site staff of Rad Techs, highly trained Medical Assistants and Scribes. We have the ability to flex up and down for patient volumes.

Our patient satisfaction scores validate our focus on the quality of care.

ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care currently has 16 locations : 14 in Delaware and 2 in Maryland.

Job Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree required for Physician Assistants

Master's Degree required for Nurse Practitioners

Work Experience

1+ years of post-residency clinical experience required

Minimum 18 months experience in applicable practice setting preferred

Adult and pediatric practice experience strongly preferred

Required Licenses / Certifications

National Certification

Active state medical licensure (MD / DE can be obtained)

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Work experience in an Urgent Care or Emergency Room setting

Applicable office procedures including but not limited to suturing, splinting, etc.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred

Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records

Ability to be attentive with strong listening skills

Strong communication and customer service skills

Essential Functions

Essential functions are those tasks, duties and responsibilities that comprise the means of accomplishing the job?s purpose and objectives. Essential functions are critical or fundamental to the performance of the job. They are the major functions for which the person in the job is held accountable. Following are the essential functions of the job.

Examining and treating patients

Taking patients? medical histories

Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and X-rays

Making diagnoses and prescribing medications

Treating minor injuries that may require sutures, splints, or casting

Recording progress notes for follow-up patients

Educating and counseling patients

Ordering and / or carrying out therapy with patients

Giving vaccinations, and referring patients to additional care

All other duties as assigned

Connect with us :

Have questions or need more information? Apply below or reach out to our Provider Recruiter, Damarius.Ruiz@gohealthuc.com to start a conversation about your future with ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care.

Note : this job description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by leaders to perform other duties. Management reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.

Full time provider $120,536 - $151,840 annually before value incentive

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