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Urgent Team Walk-in Urgent Care
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Family Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - FT/PRN

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • ## Bonus up to $2,500!!!
  • Physicians Care is looking for caring and dedicated Family Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to deliver exceptional patient care in Chattanooga, TN.

Job Summary

As a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Physicians Care, you will play a crucial role in providing exceptional medical care to patients of all ages with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. Working collaboratively with a team of healthcare professionals, you will diagnose, treat, and educate patients while ensuring the highest standard of care and service.

Key Responsibilities

The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are not intended to be all inclusive. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Provide exemplary customer service to patients, visitors and coworkers
  • Provide convenient, friendly patient care to all who come through our door seeking health related services
  • Provide leadership, direction, and assistance during emergencies while maintaining a comforting and reassuring affect for patients
  • Working environment subject to varying fast paced and high stress conditions, including long and variable hours, changing locations, and continuous and frequent contact with others
  • Performs medical assessment, treatment, management and follow up of clinic patients including, but not limited to: primary care, urgent care, occupational health, DOT physicals and workers compensation
  • Performs medical procedures including, but not limited to: laceration repairs, nail removal, pap tests, injections, splinting and abscess incision and drainage
  • Establishes and monitors a medically appropriate level of care for clinic patients
  • Oversees, directs and supports on site laboratory, x-rays, injections, and collections for direct access services, if applicable
  • Maintains clinical core competency
  • Works with Center Leadership and other staff to ensure operations are consistent with medical policy and professional standards
  • Cooperates and participates in the development, implementation and revision of policies affecting medical practice, quality of care and patient satisfaction
  • Participates in and assists with in-service and continuing education programs for physicians, nurses and other personnel employed by or associated with

Company

  • Recommends potential means of growth and development for new and/or existing services within the Center
  • Assures compliance with licensing, certification and accrediting bodies
  • Participates in development and presentation of education programs for staff
  • Represents Company and the clinic as reasonably required at internal and external meetings or events
  • Provides guidance to other medical staff (e. g. physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical assistants) to ensure quality professional services and patient satisfaction

What's Required?

  • Minimum of 1 year experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant is preferred
  • Active state license as an APRN or PA
  • Current Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) Board

Certification

  • Current DEA license, or eligibility to obtain upon hire
  • Current DOT certification, or willingness to obtain upon hire
  • Current BLS certification

What's the Schedule?

Our full-time team members work a rotating 30-40 hour/week schedule, consisting of 12-hour weekday shifts and every-other weekend. Our PRN (per diem) team members are scheduled on an as-needed basis.

Full-Time Benefits Include

  • Competitive Salary
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Options
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Continuing Education Reimbursement
  • Paid Time Off
  • and MORE!

PRN Benefits Include

  • 401K plan with company contribution
  • No-Cost Office Visits and generous discounts on some billable services
  • Malpractice Coverage
  • Access to UpToDate, a clinical resource tool

About Physicians Care

Physicians Care, with 11 locations throughout Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, is an affiliate of Urgent Team, one of the largest independent operators of urgent and family care centers in the Southeast. The Urgent Team Family of Centers provides quality and affordable family healthcare at more than 80 locations under eight brands.

Physicians Care’s convenient, walk-in centers provide a range of healthcare services including treatments for injuries and illnesses, occupational health and wellness care. The centers are open seven days a week: Monday through Friday, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., Saturday and Sunday 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.

Additionally, all Physicians Care centers are Accredited Care Centers – a designation from the Urgent Care Association which recognizes the company’s commitment to safety, quality, and scope of services.

  • ## We are offering a sign-on/retention bonus up to $2,500 for the full-time Provider position at our Hwy. 58 location!

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Requirements

Candidates must hold an active state license as an APRN or PA and possess current board certification as an FNP or PA-C. A minimum of one year of experience is preferred, along with current DEA, DOT, and BLS certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Laceration repairEmergency leadership

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - FT/PRN at Urgent Team Walk-in Urgent Care a 6.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Urgent Care (NP) — ranked against 841 active Urgent Care (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 56% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.7
Better work-life than 90% of Urgent Care (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 841 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Chattanooga

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$1,513/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Chattanooga, TN-GA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Urgent Team Walk-in Urgent Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Nashville, TN
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on/Retention Bonus up to $2,500
Competitive Salary
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Retirement Savings Plans
Continuing Education Reimbursement
Paid Time Off