Nurse Practitioner - Days - $7K Bonus

Wellpath

Somerset (Somerset County)

On-site

USD 118,000 - 131,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) plan

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Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

HSA Health Savings Accounts

Wellness program and discounts

Banking & loan discounts

Job summary

Wellpath is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for the Day shift to provide comprehensive medical care to incarcerated patients within a correctional facility. You will conduct exams, manage chronic conditions, and ensure accurate documentation while collaborating with a site medical director and other staff.

The role requires an NP with active state licensure, a graduate nursing degree, and experience in corrections or acute care.

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 preferred.
Corrections experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides medical care to inmates, including exams and chronic care clinics.
Maintains accurate SOAP-style progress notes and adheres to formulary guidelines.
Responds to emergencies and makes decisions regarding non-formulary drugs or off-site referrals.
Maintains confidentiality and contributes to facility committees as requested.

Skills

Medical/Surgical experience

Emergency/Trauma experience

Corrections experience

Education

Accredited nursing program graduate

Advanced Nurse Practitioner degree

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Compensation Information: $117,936 - $131,040 / year

Department (Org): Clinic

You Matter

Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
Autonomy in a warm team environment
Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to "Always Do The Right Thing!", and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site Physicians, offers a comprehensive range of medical services to incarcerated patients in accordance with established policy and state guidelines. They ensure necessary documentation of services is provided to the Site Medical Director or designee to monitor the provision of clinical services. Additionally, they communicate scheduling changes to the Medical Director and H.S.A. and make arrangements for coverage of medical services if unavailable for an extended period of time .

Key Responsibilities

Provides medical care to inmates, including conducting exams, chronic care clinics, and infirmary rounds.
Maintains accurate and legible progress note documentation in SOAP format and adheres to formulary guidelines.
Responds to emergencies and makes logical decisions regarding non-formulary drugs or off-site referrals.
Supports existing policies and procedures for admission, transfer, and specialty consultant referrals.
Maintains confidentiality and provides input into facility committees as requested .

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

A graduate of an accredited school of nursing
An advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program.

Experience

Prior medical/surgical and/or emergency/trauma experience and corrections experience is preferred .
Must have the patience and tact to deal with the inmate patient population and ability to work effectively in the corrections environment.
Scheduling flexibility is also required to be able to rotate hours and shifts, if needed, and to be called during emergency situations to provide coverage.

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