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Your next career move matters. We invite you to explore open positions at UP Health System–Portage, which is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® and creating places where employees want to work. Whether you’re an experienced professional or just beginning your career, you’ll find opportunities to use your skills and expertise.

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Emergency Department

Hancock, Michigan

Req ID 7459-4205 Post Date Nov. 26, 2024 CategoryAdvanced Practitioner and Physician Assistant FacilityUP Health System - Portage
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UP Health System-Portage, part of regional UP Health System in Hancock, Michigan (UP, the gateway to the Keweenaw Peninsula) is growing with the addition of an employed, full time BC/BE Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to strengthen our established team. Those who are currently practicing or are currently in training can be considered. 

Position Detail:
•    Single specialty, Emergency Medicine 
•    Full-time, 15 shifts per month, 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, every other weekend
•    5 employed physicians
•    ACS verified Level III trauma center
•    Emergency Physician provides basic admission orders for hospitalists 5 pm -7a
•    Psych patients are handled by a 24-hour on-call Psych counselor/ social worker (no inpatient psych unit)
•    Rapid triage system, 3-5 minutes 
•    Meditech EMR
•    Digital radiology
•    Additional ancillary services on site: Lab, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab
•    11 ED beds, including 8 private rooms (one behavioral health), and a 3 bay trauma room


Position Requirements:
Master’s Degree Required
Current MI Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant Licensure Required
Annual Influenza Vaccination or Declination Required

Hospital: UP Health System-Portage has been providing comprehensive healthcare for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan since 1896. The 36-bed hospital is a verified chest pain center through the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC) and houses the area’s only open bore MRI machine. UPHS-Portage was home to the first Level III ACS (American College of Surgeons) verified trauma center and emergency department in the state. 

Community: Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Hancock sits near the base of the Keweenaw Peninsula 
next to sister city Houghton. Offering access to Lake Superior through the Portage Canal, hundreds of acres of untapped wilderness, and cross-country/downhill skiing right in town. Being home to Michigan Technological University, the community is a leading small town fostering an always growing arts culture.


Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
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