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Elkin, North Carolina

Urgent Care APP-Full-time-NP/PA

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$51.05-$76.6/hr

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Job Description

Department: 02190 WFBMG Hugh Chatham: Camp Road - Immediate Care

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Hours Per Week

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information

  • Clinic Operating Hours: 7 days week 7am-7pm.
  • Full Time (0.9FTE) will be scheduled 3(12hr) shifts per week

Pay Range

$51.05 - $76.60

If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite you to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and progressive visionaries together in our Urgent Care team at Hugh Chatham Health Family Medicine and Express Care -Dobson located in Dobson, NC

Position Highlights

  • Schedule: 3- 12 hour shifts weekly
  • Hours: 7am-7pm
  • Clinic Staffing group: 1 physician, 10 APPs
  • Clinical support: 1 APP, 4 support staff, 1-2 lab/x-ray, and 1 on-site supervisor
  • Call: No call
  • Rotation (Night/Weekends): Every third weekend

Education/Experience

Graduation from accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master's Program

Essential Functions

  • Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
  • Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.

Order and interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.

  • Procedural skills per department or practice guidelines
  • Opportunity to participate in basic science and clinical research projects
  • Potential for and encouraged to precept students and/or medical learners
  • Uphold AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment
  • Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

What We Offer

A job at a small community urgent care clinic stands out because it combines meaningful patient impact with a close-knit, team-oriented environment. Unlike larger healthcare settings, you often get to know your patients and their families, which makes the work more personal and rewarding. There’s a strong sense of connection to the community—you’re not just treating illnesses, you’re supporting neighbors.

The pace can be fast and varied, so you gain broad hands-on experience with different cases while still maintaining a more flexible and balanced workflow than a hospital setting. Team members typically wear multiple hats, which builds versatility and stronger collaboration. Decisions feel more immediate and impactful, and your contributions are more visible.

Overall, it’s a role where you can grow professionally while feeling genuinely connected to both your team and the people you serve.

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
  • Benefits and more

Paid Time Off Programs

  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e. g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health.

Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Key Responsibilities

The APP will provide direct patient care by utilizing medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate treatment plans and diagnostic procedures. They will collaborate with the medical team and participate in clinical research or student precepting as needed.

Requirements

Candidates must have graduated from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master's program. The role requires the ability to perform clinical assessments and interpret diagnostic studies within a team-based urgent care environment.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Urgent Care APP-Full-time-NP/PA at Advocate Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Urgent Care (NP) — ranked against 832 active Urgent Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 74% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$133k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $141k 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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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
96% this job
Sign-on bonus
64%
CME allowance
54%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Urgent Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 832 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Elkin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$257k
Median resident rent
$807/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Advocate Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Charlotte, North Carolina
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off programs
Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Adoption assistance
Paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
Educational Assistance Program