Locum - Physician Assistant (PA) - Urgent Care Richmond, VA

Job description

Location:
Richmond, VA

Richmond, Virginia offers a vibrant blend of history, culture, and modern amenities, making it a fantastic place to live and work. The city boasts a thriving arts scene, diverse dining options, and easy access to both the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Coast.

Facility:
This well-established healthcare network operates multiple urgent care clinic locations across the Richmond area, providing comprehensive episodic and primary care services to a diverse patient population ranging from birth to end of life. The clinics are open seven days a week and offer a dynamic, fast-paced environment with strong organizational support.

Opportunity:
Board Certified - Urgent Care

Job Details:

• Provide urgent care services across multiple clinic locations in the Richmond, VA area
• Locum to Permanent opportunity covering 3 shifts per week until a permanent provider is hired
• Clinics operate 7 days a week, 8am-8pm; shifts are 12 hours or more depending on patient flow
• Expected to see all patients who arrive during hours of operation
• Patient population spans birth to end of life and varies by clinic location and day
• Average patient volume ranges from 25 to 50 patients per day, with higher volumes during cold and flu season
• 100% outpatient practice setting with no call coverage required
• Perform laceration repair including simple, intermediate, and complex suturing or stapling
• Perform incision and drainage (I&D) including packing
• Perform foreign body removal and minor burn management
• Provide skin lesion care and orthopedic injury stabilization including splinting and casting
• Perform joint reduction procedures
• Interpret X-rays and perform EKG evaluation
• Conduct point-of-care lab interpretation including rapid strep, flu, COVID-19, RSV, urinalysis, and blood glucose testing
• Manage epistaxis including anterior nasal packing or chemical cautery (silver nitrate)
• Perform cerumen impaction removal
• Provide airway support including administration of nebulizer treatments and initial emergency stabilization
• Higher acuity cases to be referred to appropriate higher level of care (ED/ER)
• Document using Epic EMR
• Active Virginia medical license required
• Board Certification required
• Active BLS and DEA required
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in an ED/ER, primary care, or urgent care setting required
• Clean background with no malpractice or license issues required
• Local candidates preferred; no travel reimbursement provided
• Estimated credentialing timeframe is 60 to 90 days