Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant
Athens, TN
NP
Posted Jun 19
- Hours a week
- 35
- Unit
- Nurse Practitioner
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 3 a week · 35 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- No call
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- NP
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Relocation
- No help offered
The median for nursing in Tennessee is $33/hr, across 154 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
*Full-Time NP/PA Opportunity in Athens, TN*
AFC Urgent Care is currently interviewing *Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants* for our Athens, TN location. This full-time position offers a *competitive salary* commensurate with experience, plus *monthly bonus earning potential*.
A career with AFC Urgent Care offers
- *85% APRN loan forgiveness program at this location*
- Competitive salary with monthly bonus potential
- 3–4 day workweek / block shifts / flexible schedule
- No on-call / No administrative burden
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- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
- 100% paid malpractice with tail coverage
- Reimbursement of medical license and DEA fees
- “UpToDate” subscription paid by AFC
- State-of-the-art medical equipment
*Responsibilities and
Duties
*
- Evaluate and treat patients efficiently and effectively
- Comfortable assessing patients as young as 6 months
- Perform minor procedures using local anesthetic
- Conduct annual, school, sports, and pre-employment physicals
- Administer vaccinations
- Interpret results from diagnostic labs and x-rays
*
Qualifications
*
- Board Certified or Eligible (AANPCP, ANCC, or NCCPA)
- Active TN license, DEA, ACLS
- Registered with CAQH
- DOT certification (or willingness to obtain)
*Work Remotely:* No *Relocation Assistance:* Not provided
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- Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
- Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour
- Expected hours: 35 – 45 per week
- Work Location: In person
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Requirements
- *
- Board Certified or Eligible (AANPCP, ANCC, or NCCPA)
- Active TN license, DEA, ACLS
- Registered with CAQH
- DOT certification (or willingness to obtain)
Benefits
- Relocation assistance
- 401(k)
- Vision
- Paid time off
- Loan repayment
Place
- City
- Athens, TN
- Rent against this pay
- 10% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $53,929/yr
- State price level
- 8% below the national average
$846 median rent against $8,342 a month at $55/hr for 35 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Tennessee index 91.9, where 100 is the national average.
Athens, Tennessee offers small-town Southern charm in McMinn County, roughly halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville. Home to Tennessee Wesleyan University, it combines a quiet downtown with easy access to the Cherokee National Forest and Great Smoky Mountains for outdoor-loving nurses seeking a slower-paced lifestyle.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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American Family Care (AFC) is one of the largest primary and urgent care companies in the United States, operating more than 250 clinics with over 800 in-network physicians serving approximately 6 million patients annually. Founded on the concept of convenient,…
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