Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- PRN

Physician AssistantNo weekendsPer Diem

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.

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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

DEA License

Key Skills

Trauma-informed carePatient assessmentChronic disease managementPreventive careAcute careInterdisciplinary collaborationEvidence-based practiceMedical documentation

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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401k / retirement match
78%
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
11%
Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Family Medicine (PA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 797 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Asheville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k
Typical market rent
$1,704/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.5
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Western North Carolina Community Health Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Asheville, North Carolina
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Monthly Staff Meetings and Training
Relias Learning Management System