Job Description

Join our permanent urgent care team as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, where your caring nature meets a dynamic environment. Embrace the opportunity to deliver compassionate care, explore innovative approaches, and celebrate every success along the way. If you’re excited by meaningful work in a warm, collaborative setting, we’d love to welcome you aboard.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate, patient-centered care by quickly assessing and addressing urgent medical needs.

• Collaborate closely with our supportive healthcare team to create tailored treatment plans for every individual.

• Diagnose and manage a variety of acute conditions while keeping a friendly atmosphere in our care center.

• Educate patients on treatment options and preventive measures with clarity and warmth.

• Facilitate smooth follow-ups and connect patients to additional healthcare resources as needed.

• Document all patient interactions thoroughly to ensure high-quality care and continuity.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest medical techniques and guidelines in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with a passion for urgent care.

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while treating a variety of patients.

• Bring at least a few years of clinical experience in acute or primary care settings.

• Value strong communication skills to educate and comfort patients and families.

• Thrive on teamwork, collaborating with physicians and fellow healthcare professionals.

• Embrace ongoing learning to consistently provide updated, patient-focused care.

• Demonstrate the ability to adapt quickly and empathetically to each unique patient need.

• Be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and have successfully completed an approved nurse practitioner program.

• Possess valid State of Connecticut licensure

• Have or be eligible to obtain DEA and state narcotic registration

• Have a deep knowledge of nursing theory and practice or physician assistant theory and practice coupled with a record of providing high quality, comprehensive, professional clinical care to patients according to established standards, protocols and practices.

• Possess the ability to provide cultural competent care to a diverse patient population in a collaborative environment.

• Have skill taking medical history, assessing medical conditions and interpreting findings.

• Have a track record of proven success communicating effectively with patients, peers, and other stakeholders both orally and in writing.

• Have demonstrated ability to maintain timely, thorough and accurate written clinical documentation

• Be able to make evidence-based clinical decisions and comply with department and organizational quality measures

• Be comfortable using electronic health record and other computer systems

• Be willing to perform other duties as assigned.

• Candidates with 1-2 years’ experience working in an ambulatory setting or providing urgent care are preferred.

• All candidates for employment at CHS must successfully pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

Benefits

• Loan Repayment Program

• Productivity bonus

• Paid Malpractice and CME

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• 401(k) Plan and up to 4% Employer Match

• Generous Paid Time Off

• 9 Paid Holidays

• Competitive Pay

• Employer Paid Life Insurance

• Employer Paid Short Term Disability

• Employer Paid Long Term Disability

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Worker's Compensation

• Various Leave Programs - Bereavement, Military, Maternity, and more

• COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

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