Critical Access
Recruitment Services
Carrie Galbraith
Director of Recruitment Services
Lake/Resort Community Seeking a Nurse Practitioner



Franklin Hospital in Benton Illinois has an opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner.  This NP would rotate with three other
NPs to cover the hospital based rural health clinic.  The clinic is open 9am to 11 pm. There will be a variety of shifts.  
Shifts are anticipated to be 8 am to 5 pm and 2 pm to 11 pm Monday through Friday rotated between four or five nurse
practitioners.  

This opportunity is an employment opportunity with Franklin Hospital. Franklin Hospital is offering a very competitive
base salary.  The hospital provides excellent benefits which include health insurance, vacation time, and paid
malpractice insurance.

Franklin Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital located in Benton Illinois.   CAH status allows the hospital to receive
better reimbursement for Medicare patients, assuring its financial stability.  The hospital operates 25 beds and 24 hour
emergency room services.  Franklin Hospital is a fully equipped hospital offering services including CT, Ultrasound, X-
Ray, Bone Densitometry, EKG, ECG, PFT, respiratory therapy; stress testing, mammography, sleep studies, senior
outpatient counseling, and telemedicine.  The hospital has also upgraded its information technology allowing for
teleradiology, telemedicine, and paperless charting for those offices that choose to utilize it.  To lean more about
Franklin Hospital visit http://franklinhospital.net/

Benton, Illinois is a community of 6,000 located in southern Illinois.  Benton is the county seat of Franklin County.  The
town is located just a few miles south of Rend Lake, which is Illinois’s second largest man made lake.  Rend Lake offers
162 miles of shoreline and 19,000 acres of water area.  Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park is adjacent to Rend Lake.  Visitors
and residents can enjoy boating, water skiing, and swimming. In addition, there are camping, picnicking and restroom
facilities provided at different locations around the lake. Spectacular fishing, hunting, and golfing are also available.  
Benton also offers theatres, bowling, skating, and a number of activities at the Benton Community Park. The Benton
Community Park is lighted and includes ball fields, tennis courts, public restrooms, and shelters.  Benton Community
Park is considered one of the most beautifully landscaped public parks in Southern Illinois.   In Benton you may find the
home of your dreams, whether that dream is a lake lot or subdivision.  New subdivisions are being constructed all over
Benton.  The area has excellent, safe public schools.  College level education is available through the local Rend Lake
Community College or Southern Illinois University, only 25 minutes away.  For more information about Benton, IL visit
www.bentonwestcity.com/chamber/index.php

For more information about this opportunity contact:

Carrie Galbraith
Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Critical Access Recruitment Service
Phone: 217-925-5968
Email: illinoiscriticalaccess@yahoo.com
web: www.criticalaccessrecruitment.org