Emergency Medicine - APP PRN - Sioux City, IA

UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a PRN Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Provider to join our team in Sioux City, Iowa

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us a spot on the Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.  At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Health - Sioux City provides coordinated clinic, hospital and home-based care for patients in Sioux City and the surrounding Siouxland area. St. Luke’s offers a full range of services and programs that includes a state-of-the-art surgical center, Siouxland’s premier birth center, 24/7 cardiovascular care, and Level III emergency department. In addition, UnityPoint Health - Sioux City is also home to St. Luke’s College which provides high-quality, health system-based education to individuals looking for careers in health care.

• Experienced team of physicians, APPs and support staff with low turnover and excellent patient outcomes
• PRN hospital employed opportunity
• 24/7 hospitalist program responsible for adult and pediatric inpatients
• Schedule managed locally - flexible scheduling – team trades among themselves
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination
• Luke’s Regional Medical Center serves 175,00 people in a three-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota

• Annual visit volume = 40,000
• Average # of patients per day = 89
• Average 1.5-1.9 patients per hour
• 40 hours of physician coverage & 27 hours of APP coverage per day
• Shift duration = 9 hours during weekday & 12 hours on weekends with good shift balance
• Work on an as needed basis 
• Majority night and weekend openings
• Minimum 3 shifts/month
• Level 3 Trauma Center
• 32 bed ED
• APP’s manage a 12-bed clinical decision unit
• Integral part of the ED team
• Ability to see broad range of patient complaints and practice to top of your license
• No call, good work/life balance
• Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
• Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate
• Board Certified
• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

• Competitive hourly rate
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. 
• Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience. 
• A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve. 

Community Details

Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowa’s largest cities – and its meteoric rise isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowa’s hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail. Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and there’s always something going on – whether it’s Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony. Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, there’s something for everyone in Sioux City.