Nurse Practitoner/ Physician Assistant

Tap Management Company Llc; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Tap Management Company LLC in Wichita, KS is seeking a skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the interventional pain management team. The role focuses on listening to patients, delivering evidence-based care, and developing individualized plans balancing safety, effectiveness, and patient goals.

Responsibilities include evaluations, multimodal treatment planning, imaging/lab review, and office-based procedures.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant in Kansas, or eligibility to obtain Kansas licensure.
• Current national board certification through an appropriate certifying organization.
• Graduate degree from an accredited NP/PA program.
• Current DEA registration, or eligibility to obtain one, if required for the position.
• Current BLS certification.
• Experience with multimodal, evidence-based pain management strategies.
• Experience with medication management and controlled-substance prescribing.
• Strong documentation, communication, and patient-education skills.
• Ability to work independently with appropriate physician escalation when needed.
• Commitment to ethical practice and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive new-patient and follow-up evaluations with histories and focused exams.
• Assess and manage chronic and acute pain conditions across the care continuum.
• Review imaging, labs, prior records, and prescription-monitoring data to inform care.
• Develop individualized multimodal treatment plans and interventional procedures.
• Educate patients and families on diagnoses, goals, expectations, and safety.
• Monitor outcomes and functional improvement after interventional procedures.
• Perform office-based procedures within demonstrated competencies and policy.
• Prescribe and manage medications, including controlled substances when appropriate.
• Apply risk-mitigation practices and document medical necessity.
• Identify misuse risks and coordinate escalation or referrals as needed.
• Collaborate with physicians, APPs, therapists, and referring providers.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and participate in quality initiatives.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Pain management

Education

Graduate degree in NP/PA

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

About the Role

Tap Management Company LLC is looking for a skilled and compassionate Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our interventional pain management team in Wichita, KS. Our pupose is simple: to serve people who are hurting. We deliver thoughtful, evidence-based care designed to relieve pain, restore function, and improve quality of life. Every treatment plan begins with listening. Through a detalied history, focused examination, careful review of diagnostic information, and patient education, we develop individualized plans that balance safety, effectiveness, and each patients goals.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will manage patients with acute and chronic pain conditions across the continuum of care. Responsibilities include:

• Perform comprehensive new-patient and follow-up evaluations, including detailed histories and focused physical examinations.
• Assess and manage conditions such as spinal pain, radiculopathy, neuropathic pain, arthritis, musculoskeletal pain, complex regional pain syndrome, and other chronic pain disorders.
• Review imaging, laboratory results, prior treatment records, prescription-monitoring data, and other relevant clinical information.
• Develop individualized, multimodal treatment plans, physical rehabilitation, behavioral health strategies, lifestyle interventions, and interventional procedures.
• Educate patients and families about diagnoses, realistic treatment goals, procedure expectations, medication safety, and self-management strategies.
• Evaluate patients before and after interventional procedures and monitor their clinical response, functional improvement, and treatment outcomes.
• Perform office-based procedures within the APP’s demonstrated competency, applicable scope of practice, and practice protocols. Procedures may include joint, bursal, and trigger-point injections.
• Prescribe and manage medications responsibly, including controlled substances when clinically appropriate and permitted by law and practice policy.
• Apply consistent risk-mitigation practices, including treatment agreements, toxicology screening, prescription-monitoring review, pill counts, and documentation of medical necessity when appropriate.
• Identify medication misuse, substance-use concerns, behavioral health needs, and other clinical risks, coordinating referrals or escalation of care as needed.
• Collaborate closely with physicians, fellow APPs, clinical staff, physical therapists, behavioral health professionals, and referring providers.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and defensible clinical documentation that supports quality care, continuity, and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in quality-improvement initiatives, clinical education, and the continued development of practice protocols.
• The Clinician We’re Looking For The strongest candidate will bring sound clinical judgment, confidence, empathy, and a disciplined approach to pain management. You should be comfortable caring for medically and psychosocially complex patients while maintaining appropriate boundaries and clear treatment expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Kansas, or eligibility to obtain Kansas licensure.
• Current national board certification through an appropriate certifying organization.
• Graduate degree from an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program.
• Current DEA registration, or eligibility to obtain one, if required for the position.
• Current BLS certification.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and manage chronic pain using multimodal, evidence-based treatment strategies.
• Experience with medication management and responsible controlled-substance prescribing.
• Strong clinical documentation, communication, and patient-education skills.
• Ability to work independently while recognizing when physician consultation or escalation is appropriate.
• Commitment to ethical practice, regulatory compliance, patient safety, and respectful care.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in an interventional pain management practice.
• Two or more years of specialty APP experience.
• Experience evaluating patients for spine and pain procedures and managing post-procedure follow-up.
• Competency performing office-based musculoskeletal or pain procedures.
• Familiarity with urine drug testing, prescription-monitoring programs, opioid risk assessment, and controlled-substance agreements.
• Experience interpreting spine and musculoskeletal imaging reports.
• Leadership, mentoring, or clinical program-development experience.

What Success Looks Like

A successful APP at Kansas Pain Consultant:

• Builds trust while establishing clear, clinically appropriate expectations.
• Treats the whole patient—not simply a pain score.
• Uses interventions and medications thoughtfully, safely, and consistently.
• Measures success through improved function, quality of life, and progress toward patient-specific goals.
• Communicates effectively with physicians, clinical staff, referring providers, and patients.
• Contributes to an accountable, supportive, and solutions-oriented team culture.
• Stays current with evidence-based pain management practices and applicable regulatory standards.

Why Join Kansas Pain Consultant?

You will join a practice where experienced clinicians are valued for their judgment, initiative, and ideas. We offer the opportunity to practice meaningful specialty medicine without nights, weekends, holidays, or call.

Our benefits include:

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Production bonuses
• Dental and vision coverage options
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan with employer-supported options after the applicable eligibility period
• CME allowance and paid professional dues
• No call
• No nights
• No weekends
• No holidays
• Collaborative physician and clinical-team support

Kansas Pain Consultant is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to legally protected characteristics.

Final responsibilities, procedural privileges, prescribing authority, and supervision or collaboration requirements will be determined by the clinician’s license, demonstrated competency, applicable law, payer requirements, and practice policy.