Nurse Practitioner - Correctional (Part-Time)

Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

Job description:

A-Line Staffing is now hiring a Nurse Practitioner in Orient, OH The Position would be working for a great company and has career growth potential.

This would be part-time - s chedule is 2 10-hour shifts/week (no evenings, weekends, or holidays). There is some flexibility in start/end times.

Pay Rate: 60.00 - 70.00 Per hour

Compensation

Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of employment and include health, optical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance

A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates

Highlights

This position is a contract assignment with potential to hire on permanently based upon attendance, performance, and business needs

The required availability for this Shifts options include: Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm.

Responsibilities

Description:

Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure: a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness. b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions. c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients. d. Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues. e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows. f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting. g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing. h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.

Maintains required medical records: a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards. b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters. c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.

Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.

Participates in professional & agency committees & meetings: a. Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer. b. Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting. c. Attends quarterly medical meetings. d. Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors. e. Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.

MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS:

Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing. Skill in use of equipment (e.g., surgical equipment, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope, BP cuff, EKG machine, otoscope, reflex hammer); operation of personal computer. Ability to handle sensitive telephone & face-to-face inquiries & contacts with general public; possess strong clinical base in order to make judgments & decisions regarding patient care & treatment; deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions; gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things; understand & follow philosophies, policies & procedures of facility; establish & maintain positive rapport with patients, patients' families, nursing & other department &/or agency staff; maintain confidentiality of information. Developed after employment.

Requirements

Must have clear and active RN License in the State of Ohio

Attendance is mandatory for the first 90 days

If you think this Nurse Practitioner position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me - feel free to call, e-mail, or apply to this posting! - Kyle Gregory

INDJP

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Work Location: In person

Permanent