Emergency Medicine Locum Tenens Nurse Practitioner

Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Locum Tenens | Massachusetts

Full-Time | 4 × 10-Hour Shifts | No Call 

HPA Healthcare is seeking an experienced Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for a full-time locum tenens opportunity in Massachusetts.

This position offers the opportunity to provide emergency medical care to adult and pediatric patients in a critical access hospital setting, with physician consultation readily available and housing and travel assistance.

Physician Assistant candidates are welcome to express interest, subject to facility approval for this requisition.

Assignment Highlights

• Start Date: February 1, 2027.

• Duration: Approximately 6 months with the possibility of extension, pending confirmation of the approved assignment term.

• Schedule: Four 10-hour shifts per week.

• Weekly Hours: 40.

• Available Shifts: 8 AM-6 PM and 12 PM-10 PM.

• Coverage: Days, evenings, and weekends.

• No Call Required.

• Practice Setting: Critical Access Emergency Department.

• Patient Volume: Approximately 10 patients per shift.

• Patient Population: Adults and Pediatrics.

• Patient Acuity: Primarily lower-acuity and fast-track patients.

• Physician Support: Emergency medicine physician always available for consultation.

• EMR: Epic.

• Housing: Hospital-provided housing available.

• Travel: Ferry expenses covered; rental car allowance up to $65/day.

• Credentialing: Approximately 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage adult and pediatric emergency department patients.

• Perform complete histories and physical examinations.

• Order diagnostic testing and develop treatment plans.

• Independently manage assigned patients within authorized clinical scope.

• Provide patient discharges and follow-up instructions.

• Perform suturing and laceration repair.

• Perform incision and drainage.

• Provide splinting and fracture management.

• Perform joint reductions and intubations as clinically appropriate and privileged.

• Collaborate with emergency medicine physicians and nursing staff.

• Document patient encounters using Epic.

Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with an active Massachusetts license.

• NPs must have FNP or AGACNP credentials with appropriate pediatric scope.

• PAs must be approved by the facility for this opening.

• Minimum 2 years of recent Emergency Department experience.

• Urgent care experience alone does not meet the experience requirement.

• Active ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications.

• Ability to evaluate and treat adult and pediatric patients.

• Strong emergency department procedural skills.

• Epic proficiency.

• Availability for a rotating weekday and weekend schedule.