Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Urgent Care- LaVale, MD

MedExpress is seeking Nurse Practitioners to join our Urgent Care Center team located in LaVale, Maryland. This position offers an excellent compensation package and $40k bonus for qualified candidates.

At MedExpress, we believe in delivering quality, convenient, affordable health care and exceeding our patients’ expectations. We provide a broad scope of services including urgent care, basic wellness and prevention, and employer health services. As part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re working together to help people live healthier lives and to help the health system work better for everyone.

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

Compensation/Benefits Highlights:

• Competitive pay and well-deserved incentive bonuses
• $40,000 bonus for qualified candidates
• CME reimbursement
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision
• 401k with matching
• Short- and long-term disability, company paid life insurance
• Company paid malpractice coverage
• Flexible Scheduling
• Holiday pay 1.5x shift rate on days worked
• Upward career growth and professional development opportunities 
• Clinician wellness resources 
• Supportive and appreciative culture

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Unrestricted DEA license 
• Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the ANCC/AANP 
• CPR certified 
• DOT certification (or ability to obtain within the first 60 days of employment)
• 2+ years of experience working independently
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance
• Clinical experience working as a provider in an emergency medicine or urgent care setting preferred
• Willing and able to assist at other center locations in the area preferred 

What makes an Optum organization different?

• Providers are supported to practice at the peak of their license
• Patients are treated like family. We focus on helping patients get in, get healthy, and get back to what’s really important. 
• We are influencing change on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community locally.

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.