Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Urgent Care

Job Description

We have an excellent, full time opportunity available for an experienced nurse practitioner or physician assistant to join our urgent care team in Houlton, Maine. This community health center based, urgent care clinic sees unscheduled patients for walk-in urgent care and primary care services. This position involves treating patients of all ages, many of whom are uninsured or underinsured. This practice offers extended hours, 7 days/week, clinc hours are 8am-7pm for the convenience of all types of patients.

THE DETAILS

-M-F, 8am-4pm. On rare occasions, the NP or PA may be asked to cover other shifts when needed

-Phone-only call is light and shared with other providers.

-Modern facility with state-of-the-art technology and electronic medical records

-Friendly, team-oriented staff

-1:1 provider to nurse ratio

-Relocation package

-Competitive base salary

-Health, dental, vision, life & disability insurance

-Generous paid time off for vacation, sick days and 10 paid holidays

-CME allowance

-Retirement

-Eligible for tax-free NHSC Federal Student Loan assistance

THE LOCATION

-Houlton is located in northeastern Maine, on the state’s eastern border with New Brunswick, Canada. The slow-paced town of Houlton appeals to many families seeking a friendly community and a wholesome lifestyle.

-Homes are affordable in town and if you’re looking for more of a country setting, acreage is available, with large homes, on more than 50 acres, selling for under $300K!

-Northern Maine offers plenty of outdoor recreational activities, including camping and hiking, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, snow shoeing, and even dog-sledding!

-Houlton is the seat of Aroostook County, the largest county east of the Mississippi. There are more amenities in town than you might expect for a community of 6500.

-This is a region of farms and forests, rolling hills, lakes and streams. Numerous organic farms thrive here.

-Houlton residents enjoy visiting the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick – the provincial capital, with over 100,000 people – less than two hours to the east.

-One hour North of Houlton is Presque Isle, Maine (with a small regional airport offering daily flights to DC), and Houlton is two hours north of Bangor, Maine’s third largest city, with an international airport, shopping malls, dozens of restaurants and stores, a big multipurpose arena/venue, riverfront concerts and festivals, a casino/hotel, and many more “big city” activities.