NP: Autonomous Patient Care for Underserved Communities

Wellpath; McKinney (TX); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Paid time off

401k

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

HSA

Life insurance

Job summary

Wellpath seeks a Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive medical services to incarcerated patients under the supervision of the Site Medical Director in a correctional setting. You will perform routine and emergency care, document in SOAP format, and coordinate with on-site physicians and staff.

You will maintain patient confidentiality, adhere to policies, and participate in facility committees, with ongoing training and growth opportunities within a mission-driven organization.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Prior medical/surgical and/or emergency/trauma experience and corrections experience is preferred.
• Scheduling flexibility to rotate hours and be called during emergency situations to provide coverage.
• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner within the state of employment and CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Conducts routine and emergency medical care for inmates, including chronic care clinics, infirmary rounds, and emergency treatment on-site.
• Adheres to established policies and procedures for medical care, including documentation in SOAP format, adherence to formulary regimens, and utilizing available in-house resources for treatment.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual judgments and actions, while also reporting any concerns or questions to the Medical Director or Health Services Administrator.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and privacy in accordance with accepted practices for incarcerated individuals.
• Provides input into facility mandatory committees as requested.

Skills

Medical/surgical experience

Emergency/trauma experience

Corrections experience

Scheduling flexibility

Education

Nurse Practitioner program

Job description

Wellpath has been made aware of an ongoing hiring scam where individuals are falsely acting as Wellpath’s hiring team, in an effort to obtain private information or to induce applicants to pay a fee for services related to recruitment or training.

Please be aware of fictitious job openings, consulting engagements, solicitations, or employment offers from suspicious sources.

• Wellpath will only send out emails from the “wellpath.us” email domain.
• Wellpath does not perform interviews via text chats.
• Wellpath does not reach out for any personal information via a LinkedIn account.
• Wellpath does not charge an application, processing, or training fee at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.
• Wellpath does not request or require incoming team members to purchase any equipment.
• Wellpath does not issue checks to incoming team members to purchase any equipment.
• Wellpath does not hire any team members without a thorough video and/or in-person interview process with multiple stakeholders.

If you have any doubts about the authenticity of any messaging behalf of Wellpath, please send us an email at [e-mail] before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.

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