Urgent Care Positions in Kentucky (3)
View All JobsNurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant · Urgent Care PRN · Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown, KY
Nurse Practitioner · Urgent Care Owensboro
Ford Medical Office Building · Ow…
Nurse Practitioner · Urgent Care Leitchfield
Twin Lakes Urgent Care · Leitchfi…
Urgent Care Tips
- •Clarify the evening, weekend, and holiday rotation up front
- •Ask about patients-per-hour expectations at peak volume
- •Confirm which procedures NPs own: lacerations, splinting, I&D
- •Verify on-site radiograph and lab support
- •Ask how evening and weekend differentials are structured
Why Urgent Care?
Defined shifts with no after-hours panel work. When the clinic closes, the day is done.
Procedures, radiograph reads, and undifferentiated complaints across the lifespan.
Urgent care chains, health-system clinics, and retail health sites all post these roles. Each listing names the site and hours.
Hiring in Kentucky
Urgent Care Careers in Kentucky
Who is hiring
3 listings in Kentucky come from 2 employers. Owensboro Health has the most, with 2.
- Owensboro Health2 listings
- Baptist Health (KY)1 listing
Where the listings are
Listings with a stated location are spread across 2 cities, led by Elizabethtown (1) and Owensboro (1).
How these roles are set up
All 3 are on site.
Part-Time is the most common arrangement (3).
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). Counts come from live listings on this board, recounted November 14, 2026.
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Common Questions
Urgent Care NP Jobs in Kentucky FAQ
How many Urgent Care NP jobs are open in Kentucky?
3 listings in Kentucky come from 2 employers. Owensboro Health has the most, with 2. 3 of these 3 listings were posted in the last 30 days, and the newest was posted on November 11, 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.