Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Baudette, Minnesota

Job Reference: ORD-226031-NP-MN | Dates: Nov 9–13 (8:00 AM – 8:00 AM) | Shift: 24‑hour | Assignment: Inpatient; ER | Call Required: Yes | Board Certification Required: Yes | Duration: Locums

About the Facility

This non‑profit rural healthcare campus operates as part of a larger health system and delivers a range of inpatient and emergency services to the regional patient population. The facility maintains established clinical protocols and the infrastructure necessary to support locum tenens coverage across inpatient and emergency department settings. Resources are in place to accommodate clinicians during all assigned coverage periods.

Facility Location

Baudette is known for some of its popular attractions, which include Lanes Restaurant and Lounge, Willy Walleye Statue, and Oak Harbor Golf Course.

About the Role

This combined Emergency Department and Hospitalist position involves caring for patients of all ages in a critical access hospital setting. The provider will manage ED patients, admit patients to the acute care unit, observation unit, and occasionally swing bed status, as well as coordinate transfers to higher levels of care and conduct physician‑to‑physician discussions when needed. Telemedicine support from an Avera hospitalist is available for consultation. When the Medical Director is unavailable, the provider will also round on, discharge, and transfer inpatient and observation patients as appropriate.

• Schedule: approximately 10–12 hours onsite daily with unrestricted call coverage during off‑hours
• ED volume: averages 6–8 patients per day
• Swing bed patients: approximately 6
• Admissions: 1–2 daily
• Patient population: primarily adult (95%) with a small pediatric volume (4%)
• Non‑trauma designated critical access hospital
• No consultative services available onsite

Schedule & Call

• 24‑hour shifts (8:00 AM – 8:00 AM)
• 10–12 hours onsite per day
• Call required (unrestricted call coverage during off‑hours)

Requirements

• Board Certified
• Prescriptive authority required
• DEA registration
• ACLS
• ATLS
• BLS
• PALS

Patient Population

All ages; primarily adult (95%) with a small pediatric volume (4%).