Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- PRN
Listed compensation
$47.11-$52.88/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
- ADVANCE PRACTICE CLINICIAN- PRN (20-30 hours weekly)
- Advance Practice Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant
- Are you passionate about helping the underserved?
Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). We are looking for an Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Nurse Practitioner (FNP), or Physician Assistant (PA) to provide professional medical services to complement the delivery of integrated team-based, whole-person, trauma-informed primary health care services.
We are seeking a provider with 3 years post graduate experience interested in working in an outpatient clinic setting. The position would be Monday through Friday for 2 or 3 (10) hour shifts weekly at our
- Minnie Jones Health Clinic
- 257 Biltmore Ave
- Asheville, NC 28801
This role will assess, maintain, and improve the health status of individuals in the communities served through timely access to evidence-based acute, preventive, and chronic disease care. Effectively collaborates with, and/or delegates to members of the interdisciplinary health care team and provides indirect supervision of medical support staff.
Qualifications
Education
- Graduation from an accredited master’s degree program
Certification/Licensure
- Current North Carolina licensure/certification required (APN, FNP, or PA)
- Current DEA and BLS Certificate is required
- Must be Medicaid and Medicare eligible
Experience
- 3 years primary care (provider) experience
- Knowledgeable about current standards, methods, and procedures for the delivery of evidence-based care in an efficient, organized, and accurate manner
- Collaboration and teamwork skills to work efficiently with others to provide new ideas and help inspire staff and management
- Time management skills
- Interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy to build positive relationships with patients and colleagues. Flexibility to work with a variety of people
- Previous medical office or FQHC experience is preferred
- Bilingual in English/Spanish is preferred
- Experience in public health is preferred
Career Growth Benefits
- Monthly staff meetings and training
- Relias Learning Management System
Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, services, programs or activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary range $47.11 to $52.88
Key Responsibilities
Provide professional medical services to deliver integrated, team-based, and trauma-informed primary health care. Assess and improve the health status of patients through evidence-based acute, preventive, and chronic disease care.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- PRN at Western North Carolina Community Health Services a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine (PA) — ranked against 797 active Family Medicine (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Family Medicine — Physician Assistant Career Context
In North Carolina, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$128k (31 salary observations; 107 listings), vs ~$134k nationally (1,072 salary observations; 3,352 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 63% have no call, 57% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $110k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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