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Community Care Partners
Plaquemine, Louisiana

Urgent Care - Nurse Practitioner (or) Physician Assistant

Physician AssistantFull-Time

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Job Description

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Delivering care that is personal!

Are you ready to practice medicine with purpose in a well-established network of urgent care and occupational medicine clinics that put people first? At SouthStar Urgent Care Clinics, part of Community Care Partners, we are redefining urgent care by putting people first—both our patients, our providers and team members.

We are seeking Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants to join our growing urgent care and occupational medicine team in Plaquemine, LA!

Who We Are

Our Purpose: We keep people out of the hospital!

Our Promise: We deliver care that is personal. We treat people how we would like to be treated.

Our Foundation: We start with our team. We create a great environment where team members can realize their full potential and flourish.

Our Values

Quality, Teamwork, Accountability, Integrity, Humility

Why Join Us

You will be supported by experienced clinical teams, modern facilities and technology, and leadership that values your voice!

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation including commission opportunity
  • Company provided malpractice
  • CME allowance & dedicated CME PTO
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 401(k) with employer match

Comprehensive Benefits Package, Including

  • Medical (with free care at CCP clinics)
  • Dental & vision
  • Life & disability insurance
  • EAP, legal services, identity protection
  • Annual allowance for uniforms
  • Employee discount program (travel, entertainment & more)
  • Referral bonuses – bring your friend with you!

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Provide patient care on an outpatient basis to include procedures normally performed in an urgent care setting
  • Responsible for the delivery of care, treatment, and referrals.

Arrange for referral resources for those medical specialties not provided by the organization for patients of the clinic

Evaluate patients to determine the medical condition of the patient, through the performance of physical examinations, thereby, establishing a diagnosis and proposed treatment plan

  • Perform such clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner
  • Communicate information to patients regarding diagnosis and treatment goals
  • Maintains accurate, complete, concise, and timely documentation with a focus on proper level coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) in the electronic medical record
  • Ability to perform occupational and telemedicine patient care
  • Perform non-patient facing duties such as lab and x-ray review
  • Perform other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Medical Director

What’s Required

Current, unrestricted PA or NP license in the state or the ability to obtain

Ability to Obtain

  • DOT certification within 60 days of hire
  • DEA licensure
  • Knowledge of treatment and drug interactions

Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills

  • Compensation: Pay is based on experience, skills and falls within an established range.
  • Community Care Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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Key Responsibilities

Provide outpatient patient care, including physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment planning within an urgent care and occupational medicine setting. Maintain accurate clinical documentation and coordinate referrals for specialized medical needs.

Requirements

Must hold a current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license in Louisiana. Candidates are required to obtain DOT certification within 60 days of hire and possess active DEA licensure.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Medical codingDrug interaction knowledge

Urgent Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 74% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Physician Assistant Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution49 jobs · 38 employers

15
<$145k
5
$145k-165k
14
$165k-185k
10
$185k-205k
5
$205k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 38 employers

401k / retirement match
75% this job
CME allowance
70% this job
Sign-on bonus
48%
Loan repayment
18%
PSLF eligible
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 1.5
Below most Urgent Care (PA) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 364 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Plaquemine

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$208k
Median resident rent
$880/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.8
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Baton Rouge, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Community Care Partners

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501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation including commission opportunity
Company provided malpractice
CME allowance & dedicated CME PTO
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) with employer match
Medical (with free care at CCP clinics)
Dental & vision
Life & disability insurance