Urgent Care Physician Assistant

About this job

Location: Beaver Island, Michigan
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent

We are seeking a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide primary, urgent, and acute care in a rural health setting. This role offers a high level of autonomy and is ideal for a provider who is comfortable caring for patients of all ages and serving as a first responder in a remote community.

• Provide comprehensive primary, urgent, and acute care for patients of all ages.

• Manage acute and chronic conditions and develop individualized plans of care.

• Collaborate with local Emergency Medical Services when needed.

• Provide occasional home visits as appropriate.

• Maintain accurate and timely medical records, coding, and immunization documentation.

• Follow clinical guidelines, infection-control standards, and established procedures.

• Collaborate with physicians and other members of the clinical team.

• Participate in quality improvement and clinical program development.

• Train and coordinate clinical support staff as needed.

• Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

• Active Michigan NP or PA license.

• Experience in Primary Care, Urgent Care, and/or Emergency Medicine.

• Strong clinical judgment and ability to work independently.

• Comfortable practicing with a high degree of autonomy in a rural setting.

• Full-time schedule with 8-hour clinic shifts, 3 days per week.

• Clinic hours: 8:30 AM 5:00 PM, Monday Friday.

• Shared on-call coverage between two practitioners with a collaborative schedule.

• Relocation assistance available.

• Up to 6 months of housing provided.

• Supportive rural healthcare environment with opportunities to make a meaningful impact.

Beaver Island offers a peaceful small-town lifestyle with beautiful beaches, hiking and biking trails, boating, fishing, kayaking, hunting, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and other year-round outdoor activities. The island is accessible by ferry or small aircraft and has a close-knit year-round community.