Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Troy, AL
Listed compensation
$55-$90/hr
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Job Description
About the Role
Stopwatch Urgent Care is hiring a full-time experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for our Troy clinic. Troy is home to Troy University and sits about an hour south of Montgomery, offering small-town living with an easy drive to the capital.
At a Glance
- Sign-on bonus available, based on experience and start date
- Pay: $55-$90/hour based on experience, qualifications, and clinical assessment, time-and-a-half after 40 hours
- Rotating 3-4 schedule: three shifts one week, four the next
- No on-call, no overnights, rotating weekends
- Average of 3-4 patients per hour
- Company-paid malpractice
- Collaborative practice agreement provided
- DOT Medical Examiner training provided at no cost
- Generous CME allowance
- Student loan repayment assistance program
- Free clinic visits for you and your family
- Benefits package recognized as a Top 10 program nationally among private urgent care organizations
What You'll Do
Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute and episodic conditions. Perform common urgent care procedures, including laceration repair, abscess drainage, splinting, wound care, and DOT physicals. Order and interpret in-house labs and imaging. Prescribe, educate patients, and complete same-day charting in Experity EMR.
How You'll Practice
You are the provider on shift and make your own clinical decisions, backed by established protocols, a dedicated clinic team, and clinical leadership when you need them. Onboarding includes a structured clinical orientation. Schedules are published in advance through a self-scheduling app, and extra shifts are easy to pick up.
Compensation
$55-$90/hour based on experience, qualifications, and clinical assessment.
Productivity incentives are available above base pay. Sign-on bonuses are offered on a case-by-case basis, based on experience and start date. Relocation assistance may also be available.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Employer HSA contribution
- Company-paid malpractice
- Collaborative practice agreement provided
- Student loan repayment assistance program
- PTO
- Generous CME allowance
- Paid holidays, with clinics closed on 6 major holidays
- Flexible spending account
- Free clinic visits for you and your family
Qualifications
- Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) licensed in Alabama, or eligible for licensure
- National certification: AANP or ANCC for NPs, NCCPA for PAs
- Minimum 2 years of post-licensure clinical experience; new graduates are not eligible for this role
- Current BLS
- DOT Medical Examiner certification, or willingness to complete within 6 weeks of start (training provided)
- Urgent care, emergency medicine, or primary care experience preferred
About Stopwatch Urgent Care
Stopwatch Urgent Care is part of a network of 40+ urgent care clinics across North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Missouri.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. No agencies or staffing firms.
Key Responsibilities
Assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute and episodic conditions while performing common urgent care procedures. Manage in-house labs and imaging, prescribe medications, and maintain accurate patient records in the EMR.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Troy, AL at Stopwatch Urgent Care Center a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Urgent Care (PA) — ranked against 348 active Urgent Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.
Urgent Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 60% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.6 / 10 · top 10% in urgent care (pa) | ranked against 348 Urgent Care (PA) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $114k–$187k | Urgent Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)43 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$170k in purchasing power | Alabama index 88.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 12% remote · 60% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | US Physician Assistant listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Urgent Care hiring demand | #3 of 6 specialties | postings stay open a median 29 days · 35% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 119 postings, 164 closed |
| New Urgent Care listings | 449 in the last 30 days | 309 the 30 days before (+45%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Urgent Care pay trend | +6.6% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Implied production pay | ~$250k | $50/wRVU × 5,000 wRVUsCMS CPT frequencies; WeekdayDoc listing median $/wRVU |
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