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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Primary Care Float

Nurse Practitioner 8.0 Work-LifeFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Job Description Summary The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant serves as a key clinical team member supporting both Primary Care operations, Inbasketology, and Community Based programs. This role provides a blend of direct patient care, SCPA clinical coverage, virtual services, and inbasket management.

The APP will rotate across assigned responsibilities to maintain skill diversity, ensure operational flexibility, and support continuous, high‑quality patient care.

Entity Carolina Family Care, Inc. (CFC) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000099 CFC PC Adult Overhead Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade Health-33 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift Job Description

Schedule

Full‑time, rotating assignment across in‑clinic, SCPA, and virtual support roles. Required Training and Education: Licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Required) Current state licensure and national certification (Required) Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required Minimum of 1–2 years clinical experience in primary care, urgent care, or related setting preferred Strong clinical assessment, communication, and decision‑making skills Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team Comfort with virtual care platforms and electronic medical record workflows

Key Responsibilities

Provide direct in‑clinic patient care within Primary Care practices based on daily operational needs. Deliver dedicated clinical coverage to our community partners during assigned hours.

Perform Inbasketology responsibilities, including protected daily time for inbox management and additional support throughout clinic hours. Provide virtual care and remote support services across all Primary Care clinics. Participate in care coordination, quality initiatives, and population health efforts.

Maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, APP colleagues, and care teams to optimize patient access and care delivery. Support coverage continuity during planned and unplanned absences to ensure contractual staffing requirements are met Additional Job Description Physical

Requirements

Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions.

Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors. Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs.

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The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet® designated hospitals in South Carolina.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides direct patient care across primary care clinics, community-based programs, and virtual platforms. They are also responsible for inbasket management, care coordination, and maintaining collaborative relationships with the clinical team.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current state license and national certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, along with AHA Basic Life Support certification. A minimum of 1–2 years of clinical experience in primary care or a related setting is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLS (preferred)

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Primary Care Float at MUSC a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care (NP) — ranked against 1,100 active Primary Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Primary Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 50% have no call, 62% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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