Remote Nurse Practitioner Jobs Kansas

Find work opportunities and resources for remote nurse practitioners in Kansas.

Nurse Practitioner with Collaborating Physician

Details: Expand your practice, earn additional income, and gain flexibility and balance in your career.

State Licensure: Kansas

Multiple telehealth opportunities. With just one application, one credentialing effort, and one schedule, Wheel offers a simple and flexible way to work with multiple telehealth companies. Unlimited and uncapped earnings.
Work on your schedule. Create your own schedule and work when you want, whether that’s evenings, part-time, or full-time.
100% remote. Provide rewarding patient care from the comfort and safety of your home or office.
Clinician community. Join a collaborative community of clinicians working in virtual care.

Clinical, operational, administrative, and technical support. Wheel works to offer guidance and support for your virtual care practice, handling payments, credentialing, training, and more.
Simple to use. Utilize our secure and HIPAA-compliant platform that includes video conferencing, scheduling, and patient information tools.
We protect clinicians. We vet all of our telehealth company partners for clinical safety and standard of care procedures to help protect your clinical practice. We also provide liability insurance coverage.

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Nurse Practitioner, Payor Enrolled

Details: Expand your practice, earn additional income, and gain flexibility and balance in your career.

State Licensure: Kansas

Payor Enrollment: Candidates are required to be enrolled with one or more of the following payors: United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, or Anthem.

Multiple telehealth opportunities. With just one application, one credentialing effort, and one schedule, Wheel offers a simple and flexible way to work with multiple telehealth companies. Unlimited and uncapped earnings.
Work on your schedule. Create your own schedule and work when you want, whether that’s evenings, part-time, or full-time.
100% remote. Provide rewarding patient care from the comfort and safety of your home or office.
Clinician community. Join a collaborative community of clinicians working in virtual care.

Clinical, operational, administrative, and technical support. Wheel works to offer guidance and support for your virtual care practice, handling payments, credentialing, training, and more.
Simple to use. Utilize our secure and HIPAA-compliant platform that includes video conferencing, scheduling, and patient information tools.
We protect clinicians. We vet all of our telehealth company partners for clinical safety and standard of care procedures to help protect your clinical practice. We also provide liability insurance coverage.

Apply today

Requirements for Remote Nurse Practitioners in Kansas

Do you live in Kansas and want to advance your nursing career? You must meet the following requirements to become a nurse practitioner (also referred to as an advanced practice registered nurse) in this state:

Education: Nurse practitioner candidates must have current registered nurse licenses from Kansas or as part of the Nurse Licensure Compact. All nurse practitioner candidates, except nurse midwives, must have a master’s level or higher education. The requirements also include three credit courses in pharmacology.
Certification: Kansas does not require nurse practitioner candidates to obtain national certification.
Fee: Applicants must pay a $50 fee.

Your required fieldwork, degrees, fees, and examinations may vary depending on your specialization. They include (but are not limited to) family nurse practitioner (FNP), pediatric primary care nurse practitioner, and psychiatric nurse practitioner.

How to Become a Remote Nurse Practitioner in Kansas

The clinician staffing shortage in Kansas is so severe that the state earmarked $50 million to improve retention and support personnel. That translates into many full-time and part-time remote work opportunities throughout the state of Kansas, including Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, and Topeka.

If you are interested in a role as a remote nurse practitioner (also referred to as a telemedicine nurse practitioner), keep the following information in mind as you apply for this job title:

Work-from-home nurse practitioner or remote nurse practitioner: As a board certified remote nurse practitioner, you can perform all of your duties from the comfort of your home. However, some employers may require remote staff to work a set amount of in-person hours at the medical center, so be sure to discuss these job details during the interview process.
Additional training: Remote nurse practitioners must provide the same level of care as their on-site colleagues throughout the state. That’s why Kansas sets specific requirements for licensure. Expect your employer to require you to complete certain training, including best practices for good webside manner. This helps to ensure the standard of care throughout the healthcare team is consistent.
Necessary documentation: Keep your resume, license, and other professional documentation updated and readily available.

Telehealth companies often post open positions and job alerts on sites like Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn. These are all great places to start your job search for virtual care opportunities as a certified nurse practitioner. Wheel matches clinicians with virtual care opportunities and has a variety of positions available for NPs in Kansas.

Kansas Nurse Practitioner FAQs

Can a nurse practitioner have their own practice in Kansas?

As of April 2022, Kansas allows nurse practitioners to run their own practice without a written protocol or collaboration with a supervising physician. NPs in Kansas can also prescribe drugs and devices independently. NPs must maintain and prove malpractice insurance upon licensure and renewal.

In what states can NP practice independently? Is Kansas among them?

NPs are allowed to operate independently in all full-practice-authority states. Kansas became a full-practice-authority state in 2022, meaning that NPs in Kansas no longer need the supervision of a physician to administer care and prescribe drugs and devices. You can learn more in our clinician FAQs.

What are the Kansas nursing practitioner schools?

There are two schools in Kansas that offer accredited nurse practitioner programs. They are the University of Kansas, which offers specialized courses in family nursing, gerontology, and psychiatric nursing, and Washburn University, which provides family and psychiatric NP programs.

Are there part-time NP remote jobs in Kansas?

Part-time nurse practitioner roles in Kansas are available within a widening scope of practice areas and industries. Some KS employers will stipulate in their job descriptions whether a minimum number of on-site or in-person hours is required.

Can you work remotely as a nurse practitioner in Kansas?

Given the changes to Kansas' practice authority status in 2022, there are an increasing number of full-time and part-time remote NP jobs available to serve Kansas residents. Also, Kansas NPs are recognized as primary care providers, so they can serve more rural parts of the state through remote care. At Wheel, we connect NPs with job openings across the state.

What can nurse practitioners do remotely in Kansas?

Kansas' full-practice authority change expands remote opportunities for NPs within primary care and beyond. NPs in Kansas can consult for insurers and legal teams, provide health education, and administer school nursing services remotely. They can also be provide other essential parts of the health care journey, such as patient triage and COVID tracing, without being physically present.

How to become a nurse practitioner in Kansas?

To obtain an NP license in Kansas, you must already have a Kansas RN license or be part of the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact and have a master's-level qualification or higher in nursing. A $50 application fee also applies. You can find out more details further up this page and in our interview with remote NP Ginger K.

How Wheel Works

With Wheel, we make it simple for you to work with as many virtual care companies as you want, giving you the diversity of conditions and treatment areas you would experience in a clinic setting — without the hassle of finding the partners yourself. Plug into our clinical network and we’ll show you how easy it can be.

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Once you’ve completed the application process and identified your collaborating physician, we’ll partner to complete one-time telemedicine credentialing, Webside Manner training, and clinical protocol education for the telehealth opportunities that interest you.

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Based on your interests and experience, we'll start matching you with remote care opportunities with a variety of partners — providing everything from remote patient monitoring to virtual diagnosis and treatment.

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Design your clinical practice around your life without over-committing to shifts that don’t meet your needs. You design the schedule that works for you.

A variety of care opportunities

With Wheel, we make it simple for you to work with as many virtual care companies as you want, giving you the diversity of conditions and treatment areas you would experience in a clinic setting.

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Avoid the hassle of juggling telehealth companies yourself. WIth Wheel, you have one schedule, one contract, and one credentialing process. It’s that easy.

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