Urgent Care NP Compensation

steffyh · Jul 11, 2016

It depends on where you live. To start you should get an idea what a RN with similar years of experience is making, then go up from there. I am a FNP w/ 3 years experience and interviewed at an UC center in norther VA and they offered me $45/hr... um... NO! They were offering their night RNs that! So no... I was told by the HR rep they don't pay the other NPs what I was asking which is at minimum $60/hr, but 1st that's the other NPs' problem to take so little $$, and 2nd, they wanted me to run this UC by myself, see 20-30 pts/day, do Xrays, I&Ds, suturing, splinting, and EKGs... for $45/hr?!! I work at MinuteClinic and make $55-58/hr to pick my nose... I also have a per diem gig that pays $100/assessment and do anywhere from 5-8/day once/wk and might take a job getting paid $200/assessment to do in-home weight loss... so the short of it is know your value and fight for what you want. If we don't collectively ask for more $$ these companies are going to pay us like crap. AND when you think of it, they're hiring more NPs than MDs and PAs b/c we're cheaper so again, ask for more $$ because they need us. We don't need to make the same as a MD or PA, but we shouldn't be disgusted when we're given the numbers (salary).

VALUE yourself and ask for more $$ always! When I'm going for a new gig or job, I stop the recruiters or HR in the middle of their talking points and say, "listen, I don't want to waste your time and I don't want you to waste mine, what does the position pay?" Once we get that out of the way, we can move on from there.

Hopefully that helps some! Good luck!

YoutubeTheNP · Aug 4, 2016

I won't name the place, but I worked at the #1 busiest Urgent Care in the country (100,000+) visits each year. We were paid 70/hr. That is busier than most ER's. Learned a lot, loved every minute of that crazy place!

YoutubeTheNP · Aug 4, 2016

it was same salary for each NP, experience wasn't considered in pay.