Locum - Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care Glen Alle

Location:

Glen Allen, VA

Glen Allen is a thriving suburban community just north of Richmond, Virginia, offering a high quality of life with excellent dining, shopping, and outdoor recreation opportunities. The area boasts a strong sense of community and easy access to the rich history and culture of the greater Richmond metropolitan area.

This well-established healthcare network operates multiple urgent care clinic locations across the Richmond area, providing comprehensive episodic and urgent care services to a diverse patient population ranging from birth to end of life. The facilities operate seven days a week and are supported by a robust clinical infrastructure including Epic EMR, point-of-care diagnostic tools, and a collaborative care team environment.

Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care

• Provide urgent care services across multiple clinic locations in the Richmond, VA area
• Cover 3 shifts per week on a locum to permanent basis until a permanent provider is hired
• Clinics operate 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM; shifts are 12 hours or more depending on patient flow
• Expected to see all patients who arrive during hours of operation
• Patient volume varies by clinic and ranges from 25 to 50 patients per day, with higher volumes expected during cold and flu season
• Patient population spans birth to end of life and varies by clinic location and day
• 100% outpatient clinical setting with no inpatient responsibilities
• Perform laceration repair including simple, intermediate, and complex suturing or stapling
• Perform incision and drainage (I&D) including wound packing
• Perform foreign body removal and minor burn management
• Provide skin lesion care and orthopedic injury stabilization
• Perform splinting and casting as well as joint reduction
• Conduct and interpret diagnostic and point-of-care testing including X-ray interpretation and EKG evaluation
• Interpret point-of-care lab results including rapid strep, flu, COVID-19, RSV, urinalysis, and blood glucose testing
• Manage epistaxis including anterior nasal packing or chemical cautery (silver nitrate)
• Perform cerumen impaction removal
• Provide airway support including administration of nebulizer treatments and initial emergency stabilization
• Document all clinical encounters using Epic EMR
• Higher acuity cases will be referred to a higher level of care such as an ED or ER
• Active Virginia license required
• Board certification required
• Active BLS certification required
• Active DEA required
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in an ED/ER, primary care, or urgent care setting required
• Clean background with no malpractice or license issues required - no exceptions
• Local candidates preferred; no travel reimbursement provided
• Estimated credentialing timeframe is 60 to 90 days

Competitive hourly rates with weekly pay and malpractice included.