Your clinic day starts with a schedule already filled by referrals. Every patient comes to you from primary care, urgent care, or the emergency department, and about half are new to the practice. You will see 14 to 16 patients a day, with an NP handling routine follow-ups. That leaves your visits focused on diagnosis, scoping, and surgical planning.
Demand for ENT care in Southwest Oklahoma exceeds current capacity. New patients wait about three weeks for an appointment, and dizziness and vertigo patients wait slightly longer. Each physician who joins shortens those waits for families across the region.
| Detail | Description |
|---|---|
| Daily clinic volume | 14 to 16 patients |
| New patients | About 50% of daily visits |
| Referral sources | Primary care, urgent care, and emergency department |
| Pediatric patients | Estimated 40 to 50% |
| New patient wait | About 3 weeks |
| Call | None |
| Care setting | Majority outpatient |
| Post-op follow-up | Within one week |
| Inpatient rounding | Minimal |
You will care for both children and adults, and you set the balance. Pediatric patients make up an estimated 40 to 50% of the practice. You can build a pediatric-heavy practice or keep a mixed adult and pediatric caseload, and the practice will schedule around your preference.
Most of the hospital's net patient revenue comes from private, self-pay, and other payors.
| Payor | Share of Net Patient Revenue |
|---|---|
| Private, self-pay, and other | 72.8% |
| Medicare | 19.4% |
| Medicaid | 7.7% |
Source: Definitive Healthcare, 2026
Your work combines general ENT clinic care with a steady surgical schedule. Nasal and sinus surgery is a major opportunity in this market.
Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies
Tympanostomy tubes
Foreign body removals
Chronic sinus disease and endoscopic sinus surgery
Nasal obstruction and nasal surgery
Epistaxis
Chronic cough evaluation
Voice and hoarseness disorders
Vertigo and dizziness
Flexible and rigid endoscopy
Airway biopsies
Skin and intraoral biopsies
Head and neck oncology is not required. Complex head and neck cases are typically referred to Oklahoma City. If you have advanced training or interest, leadership will support developing those services locally, and the practice can be built around your preferred focus.
This position carries no call requirement and no facial trauma call. You can plan evenings, weekends, and family time without a call schedule.
You will practice with the equipment and staff to work efficiently in clinic and in the OR.
Full-time ENT nurse practitioner for follow-ups and routine care
Clinic staff trained to manage post-op calls
3.5 exam rooms, with space to expand after minor renovation
Multiple rigid scopes (2.7 mm and 4 mm) and multiple flexible scopes
Microscopes in both clinic and OR
A dedicated outpatient surgery center and 12 operating rooms
OR turnover of about 20 minutes
Anesthesia coverage from MDAs and CRNAs
ENT block time that expands with your volume
Leadership plans to add audiology services, increase APP support, and bring on 1 to 2 more ENT physicians. They have committed to adding equipment and clinic space as volume increases.
You get the clinical variety of general ENT, a surgical caseload centered on nasal and sinus work, and the freedom to shape your patient mix, all without call.