ExpressCARE Physician Assistant (PA-C)

New Jersey Department of Children and Families; Lehighton (Carbon County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic ExpressCARE team within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, where you will provide essential care for minor injuries and illnesses. This role offers flexibility in shift scheduling and various opportunities for professional development, all while working in a supportive environment with a strong focus on community health.

Benefits

Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage

CME Time and Allowance

Relocation Assistance

Qualifications

• 2+ years as a clinician in Urgent Care/Emergency Medicine.
• A valid PA Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner license required.
• Must be board certified and comfortable seeing all ages.

Responsibilities

• Care for minor injuries and illnesses in a fast-paced environment.
• Scheduled to provide 36 patient care hours with holiday/weekend coverage.
• Work collaboratively with supervising physicians and on-call clinicians.

Skills

Patient Care

Minor Injury Treatment

Collaboration

Education

Licensed Physician Assistant

Licensed Nurse Practitioner

Graduate of Accredited Education Program

Job description

Position Overview

Be part of our ExpressCARE team, where you'll care for minor injuries in a fast-paced environment while offering accessible care to the community we serve. You'll care for people of all ages with lacerations, sprains, fractures, rashes, incision and drainage, small-joint reductions and much more. ExpressCARE physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners offer convenient, no-appointment care for minor illnesses and injuries.

• hours of operation are 8AM-8PM M-F and 8AM-8PM Weekends
• Clinicians are scheduled 36 patient care hours with rotation of holiday and weekend coverage.

In a ExpressCARE career with LVHN, you'll find:

• Advanced practitioner clinician led ExpressCAREs
• ExpressCAREs inside healthcenters with Family Medicine supervising/collaborating physicians.
• Primary and secondary clinican on-call for sick or emergent coverage. Moonlighting pay for clinical hours worked.
• Flexiable schedule of either 12, 8, or 6 hour shifts.
• Reducing burn out by regularly monitoring volume reports per clinician per location. Flexibility to travel to help colleagues with high volumes.

Benefits & Perks

As a nationally certified Great Place to Work, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career. Explore our benefits.

• Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
• CME Time and Allowance
• Relocation (if applicable)

Qualifications

• 2+ years experienced as a clinician in Urgent Care/Emergency Medicine.
• A valid PA Physician Assistant medical and osteopathic license, or ability to obtain one is required.
• A valid PA Nurse Practitioner medical license, or ability to obtain one is required.
• Must be board certified.
• Graduate of an accredited education program for Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants.
• Must be comfortable seeing all ages.
• A network champion for ExpressCARE and a passion for the clinical work.