Job Description

Nurse Practitioner at Christiana Care | GoHealth Urgent Care summary:

A Nurse Practitioner at ChristianaCare-GoHealth Urgent Care provides comprehensive urgent care services to both adult and pediatric patients, including diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute conditions. They operate with a high level of clinical skill, performing procedures such as suturing and splinting, and utilize integrated electronic medical records for seamless care coordination. The role emphasizes patient-centered care in a fast-paced urgent care environment, offering competitive compensation and benefits.

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 Delaware/Maryland 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: 

• Medical, 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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Keywords:

Nurse Practitioner, Urgent Care, Patient Care, Acute Condition Treatment, Pediatric Care, Diagnosis, Suturing, Splinting, Electronic Medical Records, Clinical Assessment

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