Acute Family Nurse Practitioner

Hendley, NE
$100,746 - $125,358 a year
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Profession:

Nursing

Job Type:

Full Time

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Answer the Call of the Plains — Practice With Heart Where Healthcare Is Personal

 

In the rolling grasslands of southwestern Nebraska, where the wind carries the scent of wheat and rain, there’s a kind of life that isn’t rushed. It’s measured in moments — the kind you don’t always get in busier places. Moments like a quiet thank-you after a clinic visit, or a familiar wave from a patient you helped get back on their feet.

 

Out here, as a Nurse Practitioner, you don’t just treat symptoms. You become part of the landscape — a steady presence in people’s lives, trusted not just for your training, but for your compassion, your consistency, and your choice to stay.

 

If you’ve been longing to do medicine in a way that feels grounded, meaningful, and essential — this is your place.

 

Your Role: A Foundation in a Rural Community

 

As a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner, you’ll provide full-spectrum care in a community where you’ll know your patients by name — and they’ll know yours. You’ll diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, perform physical exams, and prescribe medications and treatments based on clinical insight and local context.

 

You’ll order labs and imaging, interpret results, and develop tailored care plans that make sense for real lives — not just what’s written in the textbooks. You’ll serve people across generations: children with ear infections, farmers managing diabetes, grandparents recovering from surgery, and everyone in between.

Preventive care will be central to your role. You’ll guide wellness checks, provide immunizations, counsel on nutrition and self-care, and educate patients about long-term strategies for staying healthy and independent. Because in a rural setting, good prevention often means fewer emergencies — and more life lived fully.

 

You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions, but you won’t do it alone. You’ll work alongside a close-knit care team that shares your values: physicians, nurses, case managers, and support staff who collaborate, communicate, and truly care. You’ll participate in care conferences, provide mentorship, and shape how rural healthcare is delivered — every single day.

 

The Land That Shapes You

 

This region of Nebraska is something many pass through too quickly to understand. But stay long enough, and you’ll see: there’s a beauty in the openness, a calm in the rhythm of small-town life, and a quiet pride in doing things right — even when no one’s watching.

 

The town is built on heritage: railroad history, red-brick buildings, and local traditions that still matter. There are county fairs where the whole community shows up, parades down Main Street, and Friday night lights that bring generations together under one sky.

 

You’ll find good schools, safe neighborhoods, and neighbors who look out for one another. Local coffee shops double as meeting places, and community theater shares the stage with livestock auctions. Whether you’re raising a family or ready to step into a slower, more intentional lifestyle, there’s room here — to grow, to settle, to serve.

 

And when you need time in nature, you won’t have to go far. Wide-open land, winding rivers, and starlit nights offer all the perspective you need. This is a place where your time belongs to you — and where your presence belongs to everyone.

 

What You Bring to the Role

 

You’ve earned your Master’s in Nursing and are licensed (or eligible) in Nebraska, with board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology NP, or similar. You likely hold BLS and ACLS certifications, and if you’ve worked in rural healthcare before, you already know the kind of resourcefulness, flexibility, and humility that’s required.

 

But beyond your credentials, you bring something deeper: presence. The ability to sit with a patient in silence. To listen without rushing. To make decisions that reflect both science and circumstance.

 

You’re collaborative, but independent. Detail-oriented, but never detached. You care about equity, access, and meeting people where they are. You know that rural healthcare means adapting — not lowering the bar, but lifting your creativity.

 

Most importantly, you want to stay long enough to matter. To be the provider people remember not just for the care you gave — but for the person you were while giving it.

 

Support That Honors Your Service

 

We know this isn’t easy work — but it’s the most rewarding kind. That’s why we offer a competitive salary, built to recognize your experience and the essential nature of your role in the community. You’ll also receive comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, along with generous PTO, paid holidays, and sick time so that you can rest when you need it most.

 

Your professional growth matters here, too. You’ll have access to continuing education, certification support, and leadership opportunities — whether you want to expand your clinical knowledge or contribute to larger health initiatives in the region.

 

Our team is small, tight, and committed — and every voice matters. You’ll never be just another provider. You’ll be a cornerstone.

 

Let’s Build Something That Lasts

 

If you’re tired of quick fixes and burnout, and ready for connection, purpose, and the kind of legacy that grows only in places where people stay — this is your invitation.

 

Come practice in a community that will welcome you, value you, and depend on you — in the best possible way. Come bring your knowledge, your steadiness, and your care.

 

We’re ready when you are.

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