Family Medicine, Family Medicine Opportunity in the Heart of America!

Job Description

Avera Medical Group Estherville, located in northwest Iowa, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join their team. This position is for a candidate who wants to be part of a primary care network of providers who care about their patients and seek to have an excellent career with a great quality of life. 

OPPORTUNITY

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• Avera Holy Family Hospital – 25 bed critical access hospital
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• eHospitalist service provides 24-hour provider management as needed for hospital inpatients, also e-ER, e-pharmacy and e-Behavioral Health
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• Digital radiology – includes 3D mammography, CT, MRI and ultrasound
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• Mobile Nuclear Medicine and PET CT services available
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• Competitive salary and benefits package
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COMMUNITY

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• Population of 6,000 and 15 miles from Iowa Great Lakes Region – vacation destination
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• Community wellness center with indoor pool and walking track with an outdoor children’s splash pad
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• Excellent middle school and addition to elementary school
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• New aquatics park, finished in 2022
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• Walking trail and river trail system
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• Significant renewable energy economic development occurring in area
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• Fort Defiance State Park at edge of town. Wide range of recreational activities for all ages
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• Home of Iowa Lakes Community College with new performing arts center
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• 2 hours from Sioux Falls, SD, 3 hours from Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, Des Moines, IA and Omaha, NE for airport travel access.
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• Becker’s Healthcare (2022) ranks Iowa No. 6 as the best state for physicians to live and work in!
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Avera Holy Family Hospital, located on the same campus as Avera Medical Group Estherville, has continuous building improvements. Improvements have included 22 acute inpatient care rooms, same-day care facilities, surgical suites, and a special care unit. A new ER opened in May 2019. The physicians are supported by a wide spectrum of medical specialists, who serve the community through Avera Holy Family Hospital’s Outpatient Clinic.

The community has a strong economic base with growing industry, medical services, commercial, retail and professional services. Estherville is near the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes Region, providing an outstanding quality of life.

Estherville has a great public educational system with a host of academic, artistic and athletic opportunities for children. Iowa Lakes Community College, with its main campus and administrative offices in Estherville, has an enrollment of over 2,000 students.