Urgent Care APP-Full-time-NP/PA

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; Dobson (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Elkin, NC, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join Hugh Chatham Health Urgent Care - Elkin. This full-time urgent care role offers 36 hours per week with three 12-hour shifts from 7am to 7pm.

Qualified candidates will hold an accredited NP or PA Master’s degree and participate in a collaborative, fast-paced team environment alongside a physician and APPs. Schedule includes every third weekend with no on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Graduation from accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master's Program.

Responsibilities

• Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
• Collaborates with medical team for effective team-based care.
• Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures.
• Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Education

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master’s Program

Job description

Department

02190 WFBMG Hugh Chatham: Camp Road - Immediate Care

Department

02190 WFBMG Hugh Chatham: Camp Road - Immediate Care

Status

Full time

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Hours Per Week

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information

3 (12 hr) shifts per week

Pay Range

$40.60 - $65.50

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health - the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite you to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and progressive visionaries together in our Urgent Care team at Hugh Chatham Health Urgent Care -Elkin located in Elkin, NC

Position Highlights

Schedule: 3- 12 hour shifts weekly

Hours: 7am-7pm

Clinic Staffing group: 1 physician, 10 APPs

Clinical support: 1 APP, 4 support staff, 1-2 lab/x-ray, and 1 on-site supervisor

Call: No call

Rotation (Night/Weekends): Every third weekend

Education/Experience

• Graduation from accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master's Program

Essential Functions

Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.

Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.

Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.

Procedural skills per department or practice guidelines

Opportunity to participate in basic science and clinical research projects

Potential for and encouraged to precept students and/or medical learners

Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment

Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

What We Offer

A job at a small community urgent care clinic stands out because it combines meaningful patient impact with a close-knit, team-oriented environment. Unlike larger healthcare settings, you often get to know your patients and their families, which makes the work more personal and rewarding. There's a strong sense of connection to the community—you’re not just treating illnesses, you're supporting neighbors.

The pace can be fast and varied, so you gain broad hands-on experience with different cases while still maintaining a more flexible and balanced workflow than a hospital setting. Team members typically wear multiple hats, which builds versatility and stronger collaboration. Decisions feel more immediate and impactful, and your contributions are more visible.

Overall, it’s a role where you can grow professionally while feeling genuinely connected to both your team and the people you serve.

Our CommitmenttoYou

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits And More

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Participates in team focused patient care by means of patient examinations augmented by diagnostic and therapeutic evaluations/ interventions in the medical and/or surgical theatres of health care. The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (applicable state Medical Board or applicable state Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.