Advanced Practice Rn Provider-Chronic Disease Management County Correctional Healthcare

The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH); Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

CME opportunities

OPERS retirement plan

Job summary

The MetroHealth System's Correctional Medicine Program seeks an Advanced Practice Provider to manage chronic diseases at the Cuyahoga County Jail. This role emphasizes comprehensive, compassionate care for an underserved, medically diverse population in a jail setting.

Maintaining strong collaboration with physicians, APPs, and nursing staff, you will provide ongoing clinical management, order and interpret tests, and participate in quality improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited DNP or MSN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program.
• Current RN and APRN license in the state of Ohio
• Board Certification as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in specialty.
• Current BLS
• Current ACLS or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth
• Graduate of an accredited Doctoral or MS Physician Assistant program.
• Current PA licensure in the State of Ohio.
• Board Certification as a Physician Assistant from NCCP
• Current BLS
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth

Responsibilities

• Provide chronic disease management for patients in the jail setting.
• Collaborate with physicians and nursing staff to deliver comprehensive care.
• Ensure timely testing, monitoring, and follow-up for complex conditions.
• Support quality improvement initiatives within the correctional medicine program.

Education

DNP or MSN APRN program

RN and APRN license in Ohio

APRN board certification

BLS

ACLS or obtain within first year

Doctoral/MS in Physician Assistant program

PA licensure in Ohio

PA board certification (NCCP)

Job description

Location: County Correctional

Biweekly Hours: 80.00

Advanced Practice Provider for Chronic Disease Management

MetroHealth's Correctional Medicine Program seeks an Advanced Practice Provider for chronic disease management at the Cuyahoga County Jail. Chronic disease management encompasses both common and unique pre-diagnosed conditions that require close clinician monitoring. There is a wide range of presentations in the jail necessitating broad knowledge and experience in general and urgent care medicine. The patient population is medically diverse and rewarding.

If you have a passion for caring for the underserved and appreciate the challenge of the setting, where presentations can mask deeper medical problems with great need, we want you.

The MetroHealth System offers competitive compensation package, health insurance, paid time off, CME opportunities, and an impressive pension program with a generous employer match through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

Nurse Practitioner Required Credentials

• Graduate of an accredited DNP or MSN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program
• Current RN and APRN license in the state of Ohio
• Board Certification as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in specialty.
• Current BLS
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth

Maintains a standard care arrangement with physicians and renews as required by the Ohio Board of Nursing

Physician Assistant Required Credentials

• Graduate of an accredited Doctoral or MS Physician Assistant program.
• Current PA licensure in the State of Ohio.
• Board Certification as a Physician Assistant from NCCP
• Current BLS
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth

Maintains a supervision agreement with physicians and renews as required by the Ohio Board of Medicine

APPs at MetroHealth are afforded voting membership within the medical staff. We offer a competitive compensation package, health insurance, paid time off, liability insurance, CME allowance, malpractice coverage, and an impressive pension program with a generous employer match through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

As a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, you will have several opportunities to consider. However, few will offer your personal and professional satisfaction and the opportunity to work in an academic, community integrated medical system that is leading the way to a healthier community through service, teaching, discovery, and teamwork. We have exceptional clinicians with extraordinary hearts, and we are looking for more to join us.