Nurse Practitioner- Days/$8500.00
About the role
Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved. Join a mission‑driven organization with a people‑first culture that offers excellent career growth opportunities. Find a career that supports caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients, with autonomy in a warm team environment, ongoing growth and training, and a comprehensive perks and benefits package. Why Us: Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non‑judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time. Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best‑in‑class clinical resources for training, education, and point‑of‑care support.
Responsibilities
- The Nurse Practitioner (NP) works under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site Physicians, offering a comprehensive range of medical services to incarcerated patients in accordance with established policy and state guidelines.
- Ensures necessary documentation of services is provided to the Site Medical Director or designee to monitor the provision of clinical services.
- Communicates scheduling changes to the Medical Director and H.S.A. and makes arrangements for coverage of medical services if unavailable for an extended period of time.
- 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 required to rotate hours and shifts as 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.
- Residency: This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k.
- DailyPay – receive your money as you earn it!
- Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching.
- Company‑paid life insurance.
- Tax‑free Health Spending Accounts (HSA).
- Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts.
- Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans.