Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

About the Opportunity

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

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

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k matching
• Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
• Enhanced Tuition Assistance
• Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on promoting mental health
• Generous Paid time off
• Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more
• Bonus:
  Monthly (based on volumes) & Quarterly (based on patient satisfaction and quality metrics)
• Shift Differentials apply in addition for evening and weekends

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 a physician, it is essential for an urgent care Advanced Practitioner to have excellent assessment skills to recognize more serious conditions and direct the patient to the emergency room for advanced care when necessary.

• Bachelor’s Degree required for Physician Assistants.
• Master’s Degree required for Nurse Practitioners.

• One (1) year of full-time experience in Emergency Medicine or one (1) year of Urgent Care setting experience required. Consider 2 years of Family Medicine experience.

• National Certification
• Active state medical licensure

• Work experience in an Urgent Care or Emergency Room setting preferred
• Applicable office procedures including but not limited to suturing, splinting, casting etc.
• Preliminary reads on EKGs and X-rays required.
• Experience treating patients ages 6 months and up in an acute care setting required.

• Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records
• Ability to be attentive with strong listening skills
• Strong communication and customer service skills

• 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
• Each provider will work an anticipated eight (8) or twelve (12) hours per shift which will be assigned by an authorized representative of Go Health Urgent  Care
• All other duties as assigned

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.

If you have questions, contact Damaris Ruiz at