Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner
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Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Facility Name: K+Stat Urgent Care
Schedule: Full Time
This job location is currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.
- Join an established team of 1 physicians and 7 APPs
- Practice setting: Urgent Care
- Access to onsite X-ray and laboratory services for rapid diagnosis
- Employed position within a nonprofit health system
- Eligible for state medical licensure and DEA registration
- Evaluate, diagnose and treat patients presenting with acute illnesses and minor injuries in a fast-paced urgent care setting
- Order, interpret, and communicate diagnostic tests including X-rays, laboratory studies, and point of care testing
- Provide procedures such as wound repair, splinting, incision and drainage, foreign body removal, and other urgent care interventions within scope of practice
- Document patient encounters accurately and thoroughly in the electronic medical record
About the Facility
- K+Stat is staffed to handle multiple patients for minor illnesses and injuries, including pediatrics
- Serving a population of approximately 130,000 across the Manhattan and surrounding area
- Integrated referral network
- Part of Ascension, a national nonprofit Catholic health system
Why Physicians Choose Ascension
- Physician-led, collaborative culture
- Long-term practice stability
- National network with local autonomy
- Mission-centered care rooted in service
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Certified Nurse Practitioner credentialed from the Kansas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
- Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Kansas Board of Nursing preferred.
Education:
- Master's degree of Nursing required.
I year of family medicine or urgent care experience preferred.