Hot Springs, SD 57747

Job Description

Wapiti Medical Staffing is seeking a nurse practitioner or physician assistant for Hot Springs SD

APP Order Description:
 

1. Type:  Perm – willing to consider Locum to perm
2. Position: APP - 2 provider needed
3. Role: Clinic: IP and Clinic -  4 days in clinic with one administrative day ( future would move to 3 days in clinic and 1 day of Hospitalist call – 24 hours and every 5th or 6th weekend for the 63 hours of the weekend) – post call day off. 
4. Annual volume: Clinic: 10-15 per day   IP: 5-6 a day average but do have a few days per month that could get up to 10 pts. 10 patients is cap. ( 3 acute, 5-7 swing beds)- Providers may be able to see their own and start clinic day at 9 instead of 8.  Hospitalist is for admissions or discharges and surplus rounds.  Currently using an external hospitalist and this would go away as the provider team is built.
5. Any second coverage: Physician backup,  Avera E-Care for hospitalist services available, also have E Emergency and E pharmacy.  Emergency department is contracted out and the hospitalist would do the admit – no tuck in orders.
6. Shift options:  8-5 in clinic- call one 24 hour per week and one weekend out of 6 for hospitalist.

Candidate Requirements:
State License(s) accepted: SD
DEA/CSR required: SD DEA
Covid/Flu Vaccination Requirements: Preferred but exemptions available BC/BE: BC, 
Boards are accepted: yes
New grads Open to if have significant nursing experience.  
Life Certifications: BLS, ACLS – rare ped admission so no PALS,                                                                                                  EMR: EPIC                                                                                        Trauma level: Level 4                                                                                                                                                 

Meet Your Recruiter

Savannah Nelson-Hare
Recruiter

Savannah joined Wapiti in July 2022 and currently works as a recruiter out of our Huron office.

Savannah and her wife moved from San Diego, CA to Huron, SD in October of 2021. Although it’s been a huge change, she’s learning to love the small-town living. When she isn’t working, Savannah loves adventuring to new parts of the state. Her hobbies include playing piano, reading a great book, and spoiling her sphynx senseless.