Medical Doctor / Physician / Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.; Breckenridge (MN); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. seeks a licensed clinician (N.P. or Physician) to provide on-site medical coverage at Wilkin County Jail Breckenridge, MN and Traverse County Jail Wheaton, MN, with travel between sites about 1 hour every three weeks.

A Minnesota license is required. Responsibilities include patient assessments, on-site visits, documentation, 24/7 on-call coverage, and prescribing within the scope of practice while coordinating with facility policies.

Qualifikationen

• Must hold a valid Minnesota medical license (MD/DO/NP/PA).
• Current Board Certification required.
• Current DEA registration required.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle.
• BLS certification; hands-on training required.

Aufgaben

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Log dates and times of site coverage in the online payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back-up call for other facilities as needed.
• Personally examine patients on-site until all seen.
• Prescribe medications and treatment within your prescriptive authority and professional judgement.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures unless counter to common sense.
• If off-site care is appropriate, coordinate with medical staff for referrals.
• Attend a ACH medical conference at least once per year.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned.

Ausbildung

MN-licensed physician/NP/PA credential

Jobbeschreibung

This role is only for 1 hour every 3 weeks, and the ideal candidate will be able to visit both Wilkin County Jail Breckenridge, MN and Traverse County Jail Wheaton, MN alternatively. Hire can either be a Nurse Practitioner or Physician. Must be licensed in MN.

SUMMARY: Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Must document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.
• Personally, examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.
• Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement.
• Review patient medical records, as appropriate
• Sign off on orders, as appropriate.
• Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense.
• If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer
• Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state in which services are to be provided is required.
• Current Board Certification required.
• Current DEA registration required.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery required.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training required.