Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care

Franciscan Health • St. John, IN

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Franciscan Physician Network is hiring a full-time Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner for its newly constructed Franciscan ExpressCare facility in St. John, Indiana. The role provides high-quality, patient-centered care to the growing Northwest Indiana community. The ideal candidate has urgent care or family medicine experience, holds ACLS and BLS certifications, and can care for patients of all types.

The clinic operates Sunday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The position includes working every other weekend. Average outpatient volume is 3–4 patients per hour, depending on the season. On-site resources include EKG, point-of-care testing, a hospital radiation department, and a CT department. Common diagnoses include abdominal pain, flu, musculoskeletal pain or injury, shortness of breath, upper respiratory infection, and urinary tract infection.

Franciscan Health is a nonprofit health care ministry with physician groups throughout Indiana and Illinois. It has 12 hospital ministries, more than 1,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers, and more than 260 locations. Franciscan emphasizes team-based care and its values of respect for life, fidelity to its mission, compassionate concern, joyful service, and Christian stewardship.

Requirements

• Master's degree.
• Nurse Practitioner (NP) credential or nationally recognized certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• ACLS certification.
• Experience in urgent care or family medicine is sought for the ideal candidate.
• Ability to see all patient types.
• Proficiency in reading basic X-rays of all body parts, laceration repair and wound care, initial ECG interpretation, interpreting test results, and urgent evaluation and treatment of potentially critically ill patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent care to patients of all types.
• Read basic X-rays of all body parts.
• Perform laceration repair and wound care.
• Provide initial ECG interpretation.
• Interpret test results.
• Urgently evaluate and treat potentially critically ill patients and arrange appropriate transport to the closest emergency room.
• Work in a clinic with an average outpatient volume of 3–4 patients per hour, depending on the season.
• Work a schedule that includes every other weekend.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including income guarantee, with bonus incentives.
• Recruitment bonus program that may include relocation allowance, commencement packages, and retention packages.
• Time off and continuing medical education (CME) support.
• Paid malpractice coverage.
• Benefits package that includes health, life, dental, vision, and legal insurance.
• Retirement options, including 403(b), 457(b), and 401(a).
• Short- and long-term own-occupation disability coverage.
• Customized marketing support.
• Leadership development through board and committee opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time