Urgent Care PA/NP - Lead Multi-Age Care on Nantucket

Nantucket Cottage Hospital (NCH); Nantucket (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Nantucket Cottage Hospital in Nantucket, MA seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with urgent care and family medicine experience to provide comprehensive patient care across ages in an on-site urgent care setting. The role includes evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management, with potential precepting of learners.

Responsibilities cover history taking, examinations, ordering tests, prescribing medications, and thorough documentation in a fast-paced ambulatory

Qualifications

• Master's degree required for Physician Assistant.
• Massachusetts license as PA or NP required.
• Minimum 2 years of PA/NP experience.
• Urgent Care and Family Medicine background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to patients in ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural settings.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops plans of care and follow-up based on diagnostic and exam findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions per policies.
• Maintains high-quality documentation including admission, progress, and discharge notes.
• Performs bedside procedures as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned and compliant with policies.

Skills

Medical history taking

Emergency response

Clinical documentation

Prescribing medications

Patient communication

Education

Master's Degree Physician Assistant

Massachusetts PA license

Job description

Nantucket Cottage Hospital in Nantucket, MA seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with urgent care and family medicine experience to provide comprehensive patient care across ages in an on-site urgent care setting. The role includes evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management, with potential precepting of learners.

Responsibilities cover history taking, examinations, ordering tests, prescribing medications, and thorough documentation in a fast-paced ambulatory