Nurse Practitioner PRN JJYS

Job Summary

Join a driven team of clinicians making a real difference in the lives of underserved youth across Utah. The University of Utah College of Nursing’s Practice and Community Collaboration division is seeking a nurse practitioner to deliver comprehensive healthcare at the Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) Washington County Youth Center — a rural clinic serving one of Utah’s most medically underserved and historically overlooked populations. This is more than a clinical role. You’ll be part of a dynamic, innovative team that values autonomy, mentorship, and meaningful work. Our providers enjoy a high degree of self-determination, manage their own patient panels, and collaborate with colleagues who are genuinely invested in each other’s success and in the future of the profession. We are also proud partners in training the next generation of nurse practitioners, and that spirit of teaching and growth runs through everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Perform a comprehensive physical examination to identify the normal and abnormal changes associated with health, injury and /or disease states.
• Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic procedures and tests, as indicated by the history and physical examination, for acute and common primary care conditions.
• Develop differential diagnoses on the basis of clinical and laboratory data.
• Differentiate common primary care problems and other deviations from normal.
• Recognize emergency situations and initiate emergency care/triage.
• Provide for general health needs of patients, including health promotion, maintenance, and restoration.
• Initiate health promotion and disease prevention strategies that consider the individual’s age, developmental status, disability, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
• Provide individualized client teaching and counseling in respect to current identified problem, disease states and social/cultural situation.
• Complies with medical records policies regarding the complete and accurate documentation of patient care. Initiates and maintains required records and legal documents.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Functions as preceptor for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah.
• Licensure is obtained by completing a Master’s degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master’s degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certification which requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.
• Utah State prescriptive privileges.

Preferred Certification

• ACLS / BLS / NRP / ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.