Job Description

Part Time Position - 20 hours per week

How you make a difference:
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site Physicians, offers a comprehensive range of medical services to incarcerated patients in accordance with established policy and state guidelines. They ensure necessary documentation of services is provided to the Site Medical Director or designee to monitor the provision of clinical services. Additionally, they communicate scheduling changes to the Medical Director and H.S.A. and make arrangements for coverage of medical services if unavailable for an extended period of time.

Job Duties:

• Provides medical care to inmates, including conducting exams, chronic care clinics, and infirmary rounds. 
• Maintains accurate and legible progress note documentation in SOAP format and adheres to formulary guidelines. 
• Responds to emergencies and makes logical decisions regarding non-formulary drugs or off-site referrals. 
• Supports existing policies and procedures for admission, transfer, and specialty consultant referrals. 
• Maintains confidentiality and provides input into facility committees as requested. 

Requirements:
Education:

• A graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• An advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program. 

 

Experience:

• Prior medical/surgical and/or emergency/trauma experience and corrections experience is preferred.
• Must have the patience and tact to deal with the inmate patient population and ability to work effectively in the corrections environment.
• Scheduling flexibility is also required to be able to rotate hours and shifts, if needed, and to be called during emergency situations to provide coverage. 

 

Licenses/Certifications:

• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner within the state of employment.
• Must have and maintain current CPR certification.

About Wellpath:

Patients are at the center of everything we do. With more than 15,000 clinicians and professionals in 34 states across the U.S. and Australia, Wellpath delivers high-quality medical, mental and behavioral healthcare services to nearly 300,000 patients located in inpatient and residential treatment facilities, civil commitment centers, and local, state and federal correctional facilities.We deliver care in a variety of clinical environments, from local government correctional facilities that look like Urgent Care Clinics/Emergency Rooms, to state government facilities more focused on Chronic Care Management, to behavioral hospitals focused on caring for people who suffer from mental illness, to community care centers servicing the community. In all settings, our doctors, nurses, mental health clinicians, and staff work tirelessly to implement evidence-based clinical best practices with the goal of compassionately improving the medical and behavioral healthcare outcomes of our patients.We believe in transforming public health by delivering hope and healing to those who need it most.

Job Tags

Local area, Rotating shift,

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