Urgent Care Physician Assistant | 12 shifts per month
Compensation
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Job Description
We’re seeking a certified Physician Assistant to join our team at Pendleton Urgent Care - a beautiful, modern, well designed facility with all staff and patients in place for a full time provider to step into a 100% turnkey role. Although urgent care or emergency medicine experience is preferred, we are also considering newly graduated APP’s as we have the resources to support their development as they work alongside highly experienced and knowledgeable full time providers.
- 12 shifts per month - leading to an excellent work/life balance
- 100% outpatient
- Provider autonomy
- Stable, long term support staff
- Pendleton, Oregon
Pendleton is small town living at its best and is the perfect Western community to call home. Known for its friendly neighbors, beautiful landscapes, and abundant outdoor activities, you can build a life here that is reminiscent of simpler times.
Whether you’re an avid mountain biker, camper, equestrian, fisherman or wine enthusiast, Pendleton offers amenities not normally found in a town of 17,000 residents.
You will find an active art scene, museums, restaurants, brew pubs, golf courses, the Wildhorse Resort & Casino, and a regional airport that offers daily commercial flights to Portland and Denver. The popular wine region of Walla Walla, Washington, is only 45 minutes away.
The Columbia Center Mall, Costco, and other popular box stores are an easy hour’s drive to the Tri-Cities of Washington. Portland is 3 hours due west, Spokane 3.5 hours north, and Boise 4 hours southeast.
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Minimum Qualifications
Certification as a Physician Assistant, ability to obtain an Oregon license
General Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch.
The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment
Combination of medical office and exam/procedure room settings.
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant will provide medical care in a modern urgent care facility, working alongside experienced providers to manage patient needs. The role involves performing clinical duties in a 100% outpatient setting with a focus on maintaining high-quality patient outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid Physician Assistant certification and have the ability to obtain an Oregon state license. While urgent care or emergency medicine experience is preferred, the facility is open to supporting newly graduated Physician Assistants.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Urgent Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Praxis Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 15 active listings.
Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 64% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Urgent Care median $126k (middle half $110k–$155k)40 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Oregon index 103.4 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Urgent Care listings in Oregon | 7 active | 350 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 8% remote · 64% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Physician Assistant listings: 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 7% 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 | 422 in the last 30 days | 318 the 30 days before (+33%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Urgent Care pay trend | +8.7% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
| Praxis Health | silver tier, 70/100 | Top Employers work-life index15 active listings |
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