Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner

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.