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MD/DO 1.0 FTE Urgent Care - Onalaska, WI

Bellin Gundersen · Onalaska, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This urgent care sees 35,000 visits a year and runs higher acuity. What does higher acuity urgent care mean to you?

What they are checking: Whether they expect and are comfortable with sicker patients than a typical walk-in clinic.

You'd overlap with APCs throughout the day. How do you support an APC who asks you to look at a patient they're worried about?

What they are checking: Being a collegial backup so APCs feel safe asking for help early.

Shifts include rotating holidays and weekends, 182 a year. How does that schedule fit your life?

What they are checking: Realistic commitment to a schedule that leaves gaps for the team if someone backs out.

Tell me about a time you sent a patient home and later learned they were sicker than you thought. What did you take from it?

What they are checking: Honest reflection on misses and how they changed their discharge habits and return precautions.

What would you do

A 55-year-old walks in with chest pressure that started an hour ago. What do you do, given you're ten minutes from the main hospital?

What they are checking: Recognizing when a patient needs the ER now, and acting fast instead of working them up in clinic.

How do you keep the waiting room moving on a busy winter Saturday without cutting corners on patient safety?

What they are checking: Throughput skills that keep a high-volume clinic running without rushing past red flags.

How do you handle a patient asking for antibiotics for what is clearly a viral infection?

What they are checking: Antibiotic stewardship delivered in a way that still leaves the patient satisfied.

An angry patient complains about a two-hour wait before you even start the visit. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: De-escalation that resets the visit without getting defensive.

About the work

What procedures are you comfortable doing in urgent care, like laceration repair, abscess drainage or fracture splinting?

What they are checking: Procedural range that a higher acuity urgent care relies on to avoid sending patients elsewhere.

How do you approach a child with fever who looks well, compared to one who looks ill?

What they are checking: Clinical gestalt with children and knowing which features need escalation to the ER.

The clinic uses Epic. How do you keep your charting caught up across an eight-hour shift?

What they are checking: Charting efficiency in Epic so documentation does not spill into hours after the shift.

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The full job description

As published by Bellin Gundersen.

Emplify Health, based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is seeking an experienced BC/BE physician to join our outstanding group in a high acuity Urgent Care setting in Onalaska, WI, that is open 7am - 10pm, 365 days per year. There are 32 hours (4 8-hr shifts) of physician coverage each day, and 12+ hours of APC coverage daily. • 35,000 annual visits - higher acuity UC • 8-hour shifts (182/year) rotating holidays and weekends • EPIC EMR • Emplify Health is a 325-bed Level II Trauma Center with two medical helicopters as well as a ground ambulance servicing 22-county surrounding area. Our main hospital is ten minutes from our Onalaska UC location Emplify is an award-winning integrated, physician-led, health system, employing more than 1000 physicians. We are a teaching hospital, with excellent support for research and offer a competitive salary, loan forgiveness, generous benefits, including CME time and monetary allowance, retirement plan and more. A rewarding practice and an excellent quality of life awaits. About the area Nestled along the Upper Mississippi wildlife refuge and bluffs of the Driftless region, the region boasts great year-round outdoor recreation, excellent schools including three universities, affordable housing in safe neighborhoods, an endless variety of live entertainment and breathtaking beauty, making this a great place to call home. Must have completed an accredited graduate medical training program and be board certified or eligible within the area of medicine stated. In addition, must have or be able to obtain a license to practice in our multi-state region with no restrictions or limitations. Medical staff in our system will supervise advanced practice clinicians. Medical staff may need to provide outreach service as part of their role in the system. Teaching students, residents, fellows or clinical staff is cornerstone to our Medical Education philosophy and an expectation of all medical staff. Primary Recruiter: Melissa Heberlein Recruiter Email Address: mmheberl@emplifyhealth.org We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future. Equal Opportunity Employer

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