Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) - Adult Primary Care

About the role

Join a mission-driven organization with a people-first culture that offers excellent career growth opportunities. We see hundreds of thousands of unique individuals each month and provide direct clinical care to many of them.

Responsibilities

• Offers comprehensive medical services to incarcerated patients under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site physicians.
• Ensures necessary documentation of services is provided to the Site Medical Director or designee.
• Communicates scheduling changes to the Medical Director and H.S.A.
• Makes arrangements for coverage of medical services if unavailable for an extended period of time.
• Conducts routine and emergency medical care for inmates, including chronic care clinics, infirmary rounds, and emergency treatment on-site.
• Adheres to established policies and procedures for medical care, including documentation in SOAP format, adherence to formulary regimens, and utilizing available in-house resources for treatment.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual judgments and actions, while also reporting any concerns or questions to the Medical Director or Health Services Administrator.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and privacy in accordance with accepted practices for incarcerated individuals.
• Provides input into facility mandatory committees as requested.

Requirements

• A graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• An advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Prior medical/surgical and/or emergency/trauma experience and corrections experience is preferred.
• The ability to deal with the inmate patient population and work effectively in the corrections environment.
• Scheduling flexibility to be able to rotate hours and shifts, if needed, and to be called during emergency situations to provide coverage.
• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner within the state of employment.
• Must have and maintain current CPR certification.

Qualifications

• Patience and tact to deal with the inmate patient population.
• Ability to work effectively in the corrections environment.
• Scheduling flexibility to be able to rotate hours and shifts, if needed, and to be called during emergency situations to provide coverage.

Skills

Comprehensive medical services, emergency treatment, chronic care clinics, and in-house resources.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k.
• DailyPay, receiving 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.
• Discounted rates for home and auto loans.

Pay

Details not specified.

Schedule

Weekend position for Saturday and Sundays; 7 am - 3:30 pm (16 hours/week)