Nurse Practitioner/ APRN Part time (8 hrs/week)

Position Summary

Provides medical services to incarcerated population. Utilizes professional medical skills to meet a variety of health care needs, with ambulatory and primary care as a focus. Provides a broad range of medical services to the facility including assessment, identification and treatment of medical (acute and/or chronic) concerns, health education to patients, and illness and injury prevention.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes professional medical skills to meet a variety of health care needs, with ambulatory and primary care as a focus.
• Provides a broad range of medical services to the facility including assessment, identification and treatment of medical (acute and/or chronic) concerns, health education to patients, and illness and injury prevention.
• Performs paraprofessional medical services of an advanced technical nature to the inmate population as appropriate.
• Prepares written prescription orders for drugs; administers medication and injections; sutures wounds and provides wound care.
• Collaborates with other health care employees in the delivery of care.
• Orders medications for patients following licensure authority in coordination with company and facility guidelines.
• Utilizes EMR for charting in a format as designated to document pertinent patient information in chronological order in the health record.

Requirements

• State Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license/ NP certification required at start date
• State DEA required at start date
• Current CPR certification required at start date

Education

• Graduate of college/university Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• 1-2 years clinical experience preferred