Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Emergency Medicine
Advanced Practitioner Opportunity (NP or PA) in Port Angeles, Washington
Olympic Medical Center is in the seaside town of Port Angeles, WA, and situated at the foot of the Olympic Mountains. This community hospital and referral center is accredited and certified in infection prevention, a Top 100 rural hospital – 2022, and has a 5-star quality rating.
- 67-bed acute care facility
- Volume of ED – 25,000
- Level III trauma designation
- 44 hours of physician coverage, 12 hours of APP coverage
- Full and part-time options are available
- Access SoundInstitute™ learning platform for continuing education and professional career development with convenient online and in-person educational courses, including CME
- Compensation: $115/hr
Requirements of Advanced Practitioners
The Sound Physicians emergency medicine leadership recognizes the medical team as key to the success of our hospital partnerships. The clinical onboarding of all our nurse practitioners and physician assistants is a coordinated process that recognizes the skill level of the APP based on a tiered approach to their clinical experience. While the EM APP onboarding program is standardized, it is guided and overseen at the site level by site-specific leaders.
- EM or Urgent Care experience
- WA license preferred (NP, PA)
Location & Lifestyle
Tucked in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, Port Angeles is the epicenter for the Olympic Peninsula with visitors arriving from near and far to experience the nearby nature. As the gateway to the Olympic National Park—a top-of-the-bucket-list worthy wonder and one of few national parks in the Pacific Northwest—this smallish seaside-meets-mountain town has nuggets of history, hints of fame, bewitching beauty, and adventure waiting to be discovered. In addition to Olympic National Park, Port Angeles is close to both Seattle, WA, and Victoria, BC.
Thrive Where Contributions Are Rewarded and Valued
At Sound Physicians, we recognize the value you bring when you are empowered to perform the full scope of your practice. From the start of your career with Sound Physicians, we will support you in providing the excellent care that you long to give each patient through continual professional development and ongoing feedback on your clinical performance. As an advanced practice provider (APP) with Sound Physicians, you will thrive in an environment that promotes our organizational core values of integrity, teamwork, service, quality, and innovation.
Sound Physicians’ nurse practitioners and physician assistants enjoy a key role in driving improvements in acute care, alongside our emergency medicine physicians. In support of our core values, we ensure our advanced practice providers have the time and resources needed to deliver compassionate care. You will be involved with driving improvements in quality, and patient satisfaction, and aligning with hospital leadership in achieving the goals set for the team.