Physician Assistant, Urgent Care - Lynchburg, VA

$30K Bonus for Full Time External Candidates

MedExpress, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking an Independent Physician Assistant or Independent to join our team in Lynchburg, VA. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Urgent and Acute Care Team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you. Our clinicians work together on the front line of health care to offer patients across the country urgent care services at the right time, in the right place. We’re transforming the way health care is being delivered, by making non-emergency care easily accessible for patients and substantially rewarding for clinicians. Here you’ll find flexible schedules, extremely talented colleagues and countless opportunities to grow your career. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position Highlights:

• Open 8am- 8pm, 7 days per week
• Providers typically work 12 hour shifts
• Average patient load = 3-4 patients per hour
• Full licensed medical team and support staff
• Responsibilities include:
  • Suturing
  • Splinting
  • Initial interpretation with digital X-Rays
  • Incisions and drainage

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant program
• Certified as a Family Physician Assistant through the NCCPA
• CPR certified or willing to obtain prior to start date
• DOT certification or ability to obtain within the first 60 days of employment

• Clinical experience working in at least one of the following:

• 2+ years in Family Medicine
  • 1.5+ years in Urgent Care
  • 1+ years in Emergency Medicine
• Experience treating patients across multiple age groups
• Experience suturing, splinting, and reading x-rays within the last year
• Willing and able to assist at other center locations in the area