Family Medicine APC – Walk-In Clinic Defiance

Mercy Health is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Clinician (NP or PA) to join our Walk-In Clinic in Defiance, Ohio. This is a well-supported, outpatient-based opportunity within a multi-specialty practice environment that offers both independence and collaboration.

Ideal Candidate

• Experienced NP or PA with a background in family medicine, urgent care, or emergency medicine preferred
• Skilled in minor procedures and confident in caring for patients of all ages
• Passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centered care

What You’ll Do

• Provide care for common illnesses and minor injuries across the lifespan
• Perform procedures including splinting, laceration repair (stitches/staples), incision & drainage, ear irrigation, and nasal packing
• Treat walk-in patients of all ages (25% pediatric, 50% adult, 25% geriatric)
• Collaborate with a team including CMAs, LPNs, RNs, a practice manager, and nearby specialists
• Access on-site services including X-ray, lab, and outpatient surgical facilities

Schedule

• Clinic hours: Monday–Friday 8 AM–8 PM, Saturday 9 AM–5 PM, Sunday 1 PM–5 PM
• Flexible scheduling required, including rotating weekends

Why Mercy Health – Defiance?

• Conveniently located just one hour from both Toledo and Fort Wayne, with easy access to major highways
• Defiance offers a welcoming, family-friendly community with excellent schools, a local college, and a supportive medical network
• Join a collegial team in a multi-specialty building with a large referral base
• Benefit from a 23-bed inpatient unit and comprehensive ancillary services on the same campus

Our Mission

Our mission is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of our communities, bringing good help to those in need—especially people who are poor, dying, and underserved.

Mercy Health Defiance Hospital offers you the high-quality health care you need and the compassion you deserve. Our expert doctors, nurses and caregivers are committed to helping you be well in mind, body and spirit. 

Mercy Health Defiance Hospital received an A grade for patient safety for spring 2017 from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for reducing errors, infections and accidents.

In December 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its new star ratings index on Hospital Compare.  Eight Mercy Health hospitals improved ratings from last year with Mercy Health Defiance Hospital receiving a 5-star rating – the highest rating a hospital can achieve.  The overall rating summarizes up to 57 quality measures on Hospital Compare reflecting common conditions that hospitals treat, such as heart attacks or pneumonia.  The overall rating shows how well each hospital performed, on average, compared to other hospitals in the U.S.  The overall rating ranges from one to five stars. The more stars, the better a hospital performed on the available quality measures. The most common overall rating is 3 stars.

Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state’s fourth-largest employer, with more than 33,500 employees serving communities throughout Ohio and in Kentucky. Mercy Health provided care for patients more than 6.8 million times in 2016. The system includes assets of $6.8 billion and more than 500 care sites, including 23 hospitals, eight senior living communities, five hospice programs and seven home health agencies. Its clinically integrated network, Mercy Health Select, coordinates more effective and efficient care for more than 200,000 patients, saving money for taxpayers through the Medicare Shared Savings program. In keeping with its Mission to improve the health of its communities, Mercy Health provides more than $1 million per day in community benefit services. For more information, visit www.mercy.com or connect with Mercy Health on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter (@LivingMercyHlth).