Nurse Practitioner - MAT - CalAIM

Wellpath; Hanford (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 113,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

EAP (counseling & health coaching)

Life Insurance (company paid)

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Wellness program

Banking benefits (discounted rates for

Job summary

Wellpath seeks a Nurse Practitioner to deliver on-site medical services at the Kings County Jail in California. The role covers exams, chronic care, urgent responses, and MAT services in a corrections setting.

The ideal candidate holds an NP degree with active California licensure and CPR certification, plus experience in primary/urgent care and corrections. This is a part-time, on-site position with opportunities for professional growth and continuous education.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Advanced degree in an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner program.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients, conduct sick calls and rounds, and respond to health emergencies.
• Diagnose conditions, prescribe and manage treatment plans including MAT.
• Conduct MAT assessments, inductions, follow-ups, and manage titration of medications.
• Order and interpret labs and drug screens; maintain documentation and adhere to policies.
• Provide care continuity and collaborate with discharge planning teams in the correctional setting.

Skills

Clinical assessment

MAT management

Corrections experience

Patient care planning

Education

NP program advanced degree

Accredited nursing degree

Job description

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
• Company paid life insurance
• 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

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 provides on-site medical services by examining referred patients, conducting clinics, rounds, and responding to urgent and emergency situations. The role delivers ongoing medical care by diagnosing conditions, prescribing treatment plans, managing chronic care, and providing Medication Assisted Treatment services, including induction, follow-up, and medication management. The position documents care, orders and interprets labs, adheres to established policies and formularies, and supports continuity and standards of care within the facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Examine patients, conduct sick call, chronic care clinics, and infirmary rounds, and respond to health emergencies.
• Diagnose conditions, prescribe and manage treatment plans, and provide ongoing medical and MAT-related care.
• Conduct MAT assessments, inductions, follow-up appointments, and manage medication continuation and titration.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests and drug screens and utilize appropriate in-house and referral resources.
• Document patient encounters, maintain confidentiality, and comply with established policies, procedures, and standards of care.

Additional Details

Candidates should have experience providing independent primary and urgent care, including patient assessments, diagnosis, prescribing, chronic disease management, sick call, and emergency response.

They should also be experienced in substance use disorder treatment and Medication-Assisted Treatment, including MAT evaluations, medication induction, continuation, dosage titration, follow-up care, withdrawal management, and relapse-prevention support.

Experience ordering and interpreting labs and drug screens, coordinating referrals, maintaining accurate clinical documentation, and working within established formularies and treatment protocols is important.

Correctional healthcare, reentry-focused care, Medi-Cal/CalAIM programs, and collaboration with multidisciplinary discharge-planning teams are strongly preferred.

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 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.

Licenses/Certifications

• Must have and maintain current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner within the state of employment.
• Must have and maintain current CPR certification.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

Job 26-188365

Facility CA Kings Cty Jail

Type Part-Time

Shift Day 8 hour

Compensation Information $73.89 - $82.1 / hour