NP/PA – Family Medicine (Float Team) – Northwest WI
Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you needed help from a physician or colleague on a case.
What they are checking: Whether they use the 1:1 mentoring and team support the role offers rather than going it alone.
How do you manage your inbox and refill requests when you're moving between sites?
What they are checking: Whether they stay on top of non-visit work so messages don't pile up and patients aren't left waiting.
What draws you to rural family medicine in Northwest Wisconsin?
What they are checking: Whether they understand rural practice and have a reason to stay, since turnover hurts small communities.
What would you do
This is a float team covering Ashland, Hayward, Superior and Spooner. How do you keep care consistent when you're in a different clinic each week?
What they are checking: Whether they can learn each site's team and processes fast and still deliver safe, consistent care.
A patient asks for opioids for chronic back pain and says the last provider always gave them. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can set safe limits, check prescription monitoring and still treat the patient with respect.
A patient at a small clinic is clearly sicker than the clinic can handle. How do you manage it?
What they are checking: Whether they stabilize, communicate and arrange transfer well when resources are limited.
About the work
How do you handle follow-up on labs or imaging you ordered at a clinic you won't be back at for weeks?
What they are checking: Whether they have a reliable plan to close the loop on results, which is the biggest risk for a float provider.
Walk me through a visit with a patient whose diabetes is poorly controlled and who has missed several appointments.
What they are checking: Whether they combine clinical management with understanding real barriers like cost, distance or health literacy.
You see patients from newborns to the elderly. How would you approach a sick infant with a fever?
What they are checking: Whether they know age-based fever red flags and when a young infant needs urgent workup.
The schedule is four 10-hour days in person, by TCON and virtual. How do you decide when a virtual visit isn't enough?
What they are checking: Whether they know the limits of telehealth and bring patients in when an exam is needed.
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