Urgent Care Positions in California (4)
View All JobsUrgent Care Physician Assistant or FNP-C
Buena Park, California
Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Mill Valley · Mill Valley, CA
Locum Nurse Practitioner (NP) · Urgent Care in California
California
Locum Nurse Practitioner (NP) · Urgent Care in California
California
Urgent Care Tips
- •Clarify the evening, weekend, and holiday rotation up front
- •Ask about patients-per-hour expectations at peak volume
- •Confirm which procedures NPs own: lacerations, splinting, I&D
- •Verify on-site radiograph and lab support
- •Ask how evening and weekend differentials are structured
Why Urgent Care?
Defined shifts with no after-hours panel work. When the clinic closes, the day is done.
Procedures, radiograph reads, and undifferentiated complaints across the lifespan.
Urgent care chains, health-system clinics, and retail health sites all post these roles. Each listing names the site and hours.
Hiring in California
Urgent Care Careers in California
Who is hiring
4 listings in California come from 4 employers. Barton Associates, GoHealth Urgent Care and LocumJobsOnline have the most, with 1 each.
- Barton Associates1 listing
- GoHealth Urgent Care1 listing
- LocumJobsOnline1 listing
- Marque Urgent Care1 listing
Where the listings are
Every listing with a stated location is in Buena Park.
How these roles are set up
All 4 are on site.
Locum Tenens is the most common arrangement (2), followed by Full-Time (1).
Posted pay
3 of 4 listings state an annual salary. A median appears once at least 5 listings from 3 employers do, with no single employer above 40% of them. Until then, compare pay listing by listing. Nationally, nurse practitioners earn a median annual wage of $132,300 (BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025).
Licensure and practice rules in California
AANP classifies California as a restricted practice state. California NPs generally practice under standardized procedures developed collaboratively with physicians and furnish drugs and devices under physician supervision. NPs who complete a transition to practice in California of three full-time equivalent years or 4,600 hours can be certified to practice without standardized procedures in a group setting with a physician, and usually after at least three more years in good standing, in an independent setting.
California is not a Nurse Licensure Compact member, so out-of-state RNs apply for a California RN license by endorsement.
Applications, fees and renewal rules come from the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Sources: AANP State Practice Environment (practice authority); NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact roster (verified August 11, 2026); BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025. Counts come from live listings on this board, recounted November 14, 2026.
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Common Questions
Urgent Care NP Jobs in California FAQ
How many Urgent Care NP jobs are open in California?
4 listings in California come from 4 employers. Barton Associates, GoHealth Urgent Care and LocumJobsOnline have the most, with 1 each. 4 of these 4 listings were posted in the last 30 days, and the newest was posted on November 13, 2026.
Do NPs need a collaborating or supervising physician in California?
Generally, yes. California NPs generally practice under standardized procedures developed collaboratively with physicians and furnish drugs and devices under physician supervision. NPs who complete a transition to practice in California of three full-time equivalent years or 4,600 hours can be certified to practice without standardized procedures in a group setting with a physician, and usually after at least three more years in good standing, in an independent setting. The California Board of Registered Nursing publishes the current rule.
Is California part of the Nurse Licensure Compact?
No, California is not a Nurse Licensure Compact member (verified against the live NCSBN roster, August 11, 2026). Even with a multistate RN license from a compact state, you need a California-issued RN license (by endorsement) plus CA APRN licensure to practice as an NP there.