Acute Care Positions in Kentucky (4)
View All JobsCritical Care Advanced Practice Provider · Medical ICU
Edgewood, Kentucky
Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider · Medical ICU
Edgewood, Kentucky
FNP, ACNP, or WHNP · Deaconess Clinic OBGYN Jennie Stuart Russellville · F-T 80 hrs./pay
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Nurse Practitioner · Critical Care Owensboro
Owensboro Health Regional Hospita…
Acute Care Tips
- •Ask about orientation length, procedure training, and overnight support
- •Negotiate shift differentials for nights, weekends, and holidays
- •Clarify patient load per shift and escalation/backup structures
- •Confirm credentialing and privileging timelines before your start date
- •ICU, ED, or step-down RN experience strengthens candidacy, so highlight it
Why Acute Care?
ICUs, step-down units, and hospital specialty services, serving complex adult patients.
Lines, airway support, and bedside procedures within hospital privileges.
Hospital services run around the clock, so shift patterns and differentials are part of the offer. Confirm both in each listing.
Hiring in Kentucky
Acute Care Careers in Kentucky
Who is hiring
4 listings in Kentucky come from 4 employers. Deaconess Health System, Owensboro Health and SEP Summit Medical Group have the most, with 1 each.
- Deaconess Health System1 listing
- Owensboro Health1 listing
- SEP Summit Medical Group1 listing
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare1 listing
Where the listings are
Listings with a stated location are spread across 3 cities, led by Edgewood (2), Hopkinsville (1) and Owensboro (1).
How these roles are set up
All 4 are on site.
Full-Time is the most common arrangement (4).
Posted pay
2 of 4 listings state an annual salary. A median appears once at least 5 listings from 3 employers do, with no single employer above 40% of them. Until then, compare pay listing by listing. Nationally, nurse practitioners earn a median annual wage of $132,300 (BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025).
Licensure and practice rules in Kentucky
AANP classifies Kentucky as a reduced practice state. Kentucky NPs need a collaborative agreement with a physician to prescribe, with separate agreements for nonscheduled legend drugs and for controlled substances. Once NPs have four years of prescribing experience, which can include prescribing in another state, they may prescribe without these agreements, though dropping the controlled substance agreement first requires a Board of Nursing good standing review.
Kentucky is a Nurse Licensure Compact member. The compact covers the RN license beneath your APRN credential. The APRN license itself is still issued by Kentucky.
Applications, fees and renewal rules come from the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
Sources: AANP State Practice Environment (practice authority); NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact roster (verified August 11, 2026); BLS OEWS, Nurse Practitioners (29-1171), median annual wage, May 2025. Counts come from live listings on this board, recounted November 14, 2026.
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Common Questions
Acute Care NP Jobs in Kentucky FAQ
How many Acute Care NP jobs are open in Kentucky?
4 listings in Kentucky come from 4 employers. Deaconess Health System, Owensboro Health and SEP Summit Medical Group have the most, with 1 each. 4 of these 4 listings were posted in the last 30 days, and the newest was posted on November 13, 2026.
Do NPs need a collaborating or supervising physician in Kentucky?
For prescribing, at least until four years of prescribing experience; dropping the controlled substance agreement also requires a Board of Nursing good standing review. Kentucky NPs need a collaborative agreement with a physician to prescribe, with separate agreements for nonscheduled legend drugs and for controlled substances. Once NPs have four years of prescribing experience, which can include prescribing in another state, they may prescribe without these agreements, though dropping the controlled substance agreement first requires a Board of Nursing good standing review. The Kentucky Board of Nursing publishes the current rule.
Is Kentucky part of the Nurse Licensure Compact?
Yes, Kentucky is a Nurse Licensure Compact member (verified against the live NCSBN roster, August 11, 2026). The compact covers the RN license underpinning your APRN credential (a multistate RN license works across member states), but APRN licensure itself is still issued individually by each state, including Kentucky.