Family Nurse Practitioner at Baptist Health Urgent Care

Family Nurse Practitioner

Location: Little Rock, Arkansas

Baptist Health Urgent Care is excited to step into the space formerly occupied by MedExpress Urgent Care in Little Rock, AR. We are looking for dedicated, compassionate, and experienced Family Nurse Practitioners to join our growing healthcare team.

About Baptist Health Urgent Care:

Baptist Health Urgent Care, now with 23 locations in Arkansas, is an affiliate of Urgent Team, one of the largest independent operators of urgent and family care centers in the Southeast. The Urgent Team Family of Centers provides quality and affordable family healthcare at more than 87 locations under seven brands.

Baptist Health Urgent Care's convenient, walk-in centers provide a range of healthcare services including treatments for injuries and illnesses, occupational health, and wellness care. The centers are open seven days a week: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Additionally, all Baptist Health Urgent Care centers are Accredited Care Centers - a designation from the Urgent Care Association which recognizes the company's commitment to safety, quality, and scope of services.

Job Description:

As a Nurse Practitioner at Baptist Health Urgent Care, you will play a crucial role in providing exceptional medical care to patients of all ages with a wide variety of acute and chronic medical conditions. Working collaboratively with a team of healthcare professionals, you will diagnose, treat, and educate patients while ensuring the highest standard of care and service. Our full-time Providers work a rotating 36-40 hour/week schedule, consisting of 12-hour weekday shifts and every-other weekend; Our PRN (per diem) Providers are scheduled on an as-needed basis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide exemplary customer service to patients, visitors, and coworkers.
• Provide convenient, friendly patient care to all who come through our door seeking health-related services.
• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance during emergencies while maintaining a comforting and reassuring affect for patients.
• Working environment subject to varying fast-paced and high-stress conditions, including long and variable hours, changing locations, and continuous and frequent contact with others.
• Perform medical assessment, treatment, management, and follow-up of clinic patients including, but not limited to: primary care, urgent care, occupational health, DOT physicals, and workers compensation.
• Perform medical procedures including, but not limited to: laceration repairs, nail removal, pap tests, injections, splinting, and abscess incision and drainage.
• Establish and monitor a medically appropriate level of care for clinic patients.
• Oversee, direct, and support on-site laboratory, x-rays, injections, and collections for direct access services, if applicable.
• Maintain clinical core competency.
• Work with Center Leadership and other staff to ensure operations are consistent with medical policy and professional standards.
• Cooperate and participate in the development, implementation, and revision of policies affecting medical practice, quality of care, and patient satisfaction.
• Participate in and assist with in-service and continuing education programs for physicians, nurses, and other personnel employed by or associated with the company.
• Recommend potential means of growth and development for new and/or existing services within the Center.
• Assure compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
• Participate in the development and presentation of education programs for staff.
• Represent the company and the clinic as reasonably required at internal and external meetings or events.
• Provide guidance to other medical staff (e.g., physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants) to ensure quality professional services and patient satisfaction.

Requirements:

• We welcome both new and experienced graduates
• State License as an APRN
• Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the AANP