Urgent Care Physician Assistant

People arrive worried in pain and short on time. You turn that visit into a clear diagnosis the right treatment and a safe plan before they leave. This role keeps access open when emergency departments are the wrong door and primary care cannot see them today. Success is measured in better outcomes cleaner handoffs and a clinic that stays calm under volume.

• Assess and manage a full urgent-care mixrespiratory illness infections injuries lacerations and musculoskeletal complaintsso most patients leave the same visit with a working diagnosis treatment and follow-up plan.
• Hold safe throughput on peak shifts by completing evaluations orders and discharge instructions without deferring unstable or unclear cases.
• Perform in-scope proceduressuturing incision and drainage splinting and point-of-care test interpretationwith low complication and unplanned return rates.
• Identify patients who need a higher level of care early and complete timely complete transfers with the supervising physician.
• Close labs imaging and referrals so abnormal results change the plan not sit in a queue.
• Improve stewardship and experience: appropriate antibiotics clear instructions patients can follow and fewer avoidable emergency transfers.
• Set a consistent standard on your shifts by coaching peers and aligning nursing and front-desk flow around clinical priority.

You practice in a high-volume urgent care clinic beside a supervising physician nurses medical assistants imaging and front-desk staff. Protocols on-site or rapid diagnostics procedure supplies and an electronic record support same-day decisions. You report to the medical director or lead advanced practice provider. Schedules include days evenings and weekends matched to demand with dedicated clinical support and established referral paths.

• Accredited physician assistant program graduate NCCPA certification and active state license or immediate eligibility.
• Recent urgent care emergency or broad acute primary-care experience managing undifferentiated complaints independently within a collaborative agreement.
• Proven procedural skill in laceration repair splinting and incision and drainage with sound judgment on what not to attempt on site.
• Documented ability to recognize red flags and execute clean transfers rather than stretch the setting.
• Clear efficient charting and patient teaching under time pressure including after-visit instructions patients actually use.
• Comfort with quality reviewantibiotic use returns and patient feedbackand willingness to change practice from the data.

• Real clinical ownership: you run the visit not a narrow task list.
• Breadth without losing backupprocedures diagnostics and a physician partnership when acuity rises.
• A placement built as a career match not a short fill with room to grow into lead-APP responsibility.
• Schedule design that respects peak demand and recovery time.
• A team that treats access safety and patient clarity as the same job.

If you can show how you have moved acute patients from uncertainty to a safe plan apply with your certification license status and a short note on outcomes you own. We will respond to clinicians who are ready to practice at that standard.