Locum - Physician Assistant (PA) - Urgent Care Glen Allen, VA

Job description

Location:
Glen Allen, VA

Glen Allen is a thriving suburban community just north of Richmond, Virginia, offering a high quality of life with excellent dining, shopping, and outdoor recreation options. The area provides easy access to all that the Greater Richmond region has to offer, including vibrant cultural attractions, historic landmarks, and a welcoming professional community.

Facility:
This well-established health system operates multiple urgent care clinic locations across the Richmond metropolitan area, providing comprehensive episodic and primary care services to patients from birth through end of life. The practice setting is 100% outpatient and supported by Epic EMR, offering a streamlined and modern clinical environment.

Opportunity:
Board Certified - Urgent Care

Job Details:

• Provide urgent care services across multiple clinic locations in the Richmond, VA area
• Clinics operate 7 days a week, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM; shifts are 12+ hours depending on patient flow
• Expected to see all patients who arrive during hours of operation
• Patient population ranges from birth to end of life and varies by clinic location
• Average patient volume ranges from 25 to 50 patients per day, with higher volumes expected during cold and flu season
• Higher acuity cases to be referred to appropriate higher level of care (ED/ER)
• Perform laceration repair including simple, intermediate, and complex suturing or stapling
• Perform incision and drainage (I&D) including wound packing
• Perform foreign body removal and minor burn management
• Provide skin lesion care and orthopedic injury stabilization
• Perform splinting and casting as needed
• Perform joint reduction procedures
• Interpret diagnostic and point-of-care testing including X-rays and EKGs
• Interpret point-of-care lab results including rapid strep, flu, COVID-19, RSV, urinalysis, and blood glucose testing
• Manage epistaxis via anterior nasal packing or chemical cautery (silver nitrate)
• Perform cerumen impaction removal
• Provide airway support including administration of nebulizer treatments and initial emergency stabilization
• Document using Epic EMR
• Active Virginia medical license required
• Board Certification required
• Active BLS and DEA certifications required
• Minimum 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 available
• Estimated credentialing timeframe: 60 to 90 days