Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
About the role
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. 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. Coordinates 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.
Responsibilities
- Assessment, identification, and treatment of medical (acute and/or chronic) concerns
- Health education to patients
- Illness and injury prevention
- Performing advanced technical paraprofessional medical services
- Preparing written prescription orders for drugs
- Administering medication and injections
- Suturing wounds and providing wound care
- Coordinating with other health care employees in the delivery of care
- Ordering medications for patients following licensure authority
- Utilizing EMR for charting and documenting patient information
Requirements
- WV State NP or PA license required at start date
- State DEA required at start date
- Current CPR certification required at start date
- Graduate of college/university NP or PA program
Preferred Experience
- 1–2 years clinical experience preferred
Schedule: Part Time, 8 hours per week (Tuesdays 8am–4pm)
Facility: Potomac Highlands Regional Jail, onsite
Location: Augusta, WV