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GoHealth Urgent Care
Ellington, Connecticut

Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Float $13,500 Sign On Bonus

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
No weekends
Posted 1 day ago · Verified live

Job Description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

We are seeking experienced Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners who have urgent care, emergency room experience, or high acute family medicine experience treating both adult and pediatric patients, to join our welcoming and diverse community of providers in the surrounding region.

Market-leading compensation and benefits include

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k matching
  • Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
  • Enhanced Tuition Assistance
  • Employee assistance and wellness programs including a strong focus on promoting mental health
  • Generous Paid time off
  • Discounts on services, products and optional coverages – movie tickets, pet insurance, travel and more
  • Bonus: Monthly (based on volumes) & Quarterly (based on patient satisfaction and quality metrics)
  • Shift Differentials apply in addition for evening and weekends
  • Sign on bonus dependent on FTE for external hires

Job Summary

Urgent care Advanced Practitioners (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) provide a wide variety of clinical services including treatment of acute episodic conditions such as sore throats, colds, flu-like symptoms, cuts, sprains and minor infections. Functioning in lieu of or alongside of a physician, it is essential for an urgent care Advanced Practitioner to have excellent assessment skills in order to recognize more serious conditions and direct the patient to the emergency room for advanced care when necessary.

  • Float within 30 miles of home center
  • Job Requirements

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree required for Physician Assistants
  • Master's Degree required for Nurse Practitioners
  • Work Experience

One (1) year of full-time experience in Emergency Medicine setting experience required. Will consider 2 years of Family Medicine experience.

  • Required Licenses/Certifications
  • National Certification
  • Active state medical licensure
  • Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Work experience in an Urgent Care or Emergency Room setting preferred
  • Applicable office procedures including but not limited to suturing, splinting, casting etc.
  • Preliminary reads on EKGs and X-rays required.
  • Experience treating patients ages 6 months and up in an acute care setting required.
  • Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferred
  • Knowledge and experience with Electronic Medical Records
  • Ability to be attentive with strong listening skills
  • Strong communication and customer service skills

Essential Functions

Essential functions are those tasks, duties and responsibilities that comprise the means of accomplishing the job’s purpose and objectives. Essential functions are critical or fundamental to the performance of the job. They are the major functions for which the person in the job is held accountable. Following are the essential functions of the job.

  • Examining and treating patients
  • Taking patients’ medical histories
  • Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and X-rays
  • Making diagnoses and prescribing medications
  • Treating minor injuries that may require sutures, splints, or casting
  • Recording progress notes for follow-up patients
  • Educating and counseling patients
  • Ordering and/or carrying out therapy with patients
  • Giving vaccinations, and referring patients to additional care

Each provider will work an anticipated eight (8) or twelve (12) hours per shift which will be assigned by an authorized representative of GoHealth Urgent Care

All other duties as assigned

Connect with us

Have questions or need more information? Apply below or reach out to our Provider Recruiter, Damaris.Ruiz@gohealthuc.com to start a conversation about your future with Hartford Healthcare-GoHealth Urgent Care.

Note: this job description is not inclusive of all the duties of the position. You may be asked by leaders to perform other duties. Management reserves the right to revise this position description at any time.

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Key Responsibilities

Examine and treat patients with acute conditions, take medical histories, order and interpret diagnostic tests and X-rays, make diagnoses, and prescribe medications. Treat minor injuries, document follow-up care, educate and counsel patients, provide vaccinations, and refer patients for additional care when needed.

Requirements

Physician Assistants must have a bachelor's degree, while Nurse Practitioners must have a master's degree; both require national certification and active state medical licensure. Candidates need one year of full-time emergency medicine experience or two years of family medicine experience, along with acute-care experience treating patients aged six months and older and skills in procedures and preliminary EKG and X-ray reads.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentAdult and Pediatric CareDiagnostic TestingX-Ray InterpretationEKG InterpretationDiagnosisMedication PrescribingPatient Education and Counseling

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

GoHealth Urgent Care ranks #8 of 26 employers hiring Nurse Practitioner on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 50% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

3.9/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No weekends

Living in Ellington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$431k
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About GoHealth Urgent Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, GA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision
401k matching
Paid CME time off plus CME budget
Reimbursed professional licenses and dues
Enhanced Tuition Assistance
Employee assistance and wellness programs
Generous Paid time off
Monthly & Quarterly Bonus