Locum Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (NP/PA)
Listed compensation
$110-$120/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Join Urgent Care Facility as a Urgent Care NP/PA – No Call, Weekend Availability in Lafayette, Colorado, United States.
Position
Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA)
Purpose of Coverage
Addressing a staffing shortage in a high-acuity urgent care setting.
Coverage Duration
Immediate start for an initial term of 3 months.
Benefits & Compensation
- Pay rate: $110 - $120/hour.
Work Schedule
- Contract position.
- No call required.
- Weekend coverage may be required.
This position offers no call requirements, competitive compensation. Work with Urgent Care Facility in Lafayette, Colorado, United States.
Key Responsibilities
Provide urgent care services to patients of all age groups, including performing procedures like suturing and splinting. Collaborate with a medical team consisting of nurses and emergency medicine physicians in a high-acuity clinical environment.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified with active Colorado licensure and hold current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications. Previous Emergency Room experience is essential for this role.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Locum Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (NP/PA) at Rinvio Recruitment 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 800 active Urgent Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
In Colorado, the Urgent Care weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$132k (14 salary observations; 22 listings), vs ~$139k nationally (468 salary observations; 1,201 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 44% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$239k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $232k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Position Insights
AI ANALYSISThis role scores 6.1/10 on work-life balance for Nurse Practitioner roles. No call coverage keeps hours predictable.
Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...
Benefits analysis: Compared to 13 similar roles, this listing's benefits package ranks...
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