Nurse Practitioner - NP

Wellpath; Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company paid life insurance

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Wellness program

Preferred banking partnership

Job summary

Wellpath seeks a Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive medical services to incarcerated patients under the Site Medical Director's supervision. You will document care, manage exams and chronic conditions, and coordinate with hospital and on-site staff to ensure timely coverage.

Ideal candidates hold NP licensure in the employment state, completed NP education, and have experience in corrections, emergency care, or medical-surgical settings.

Qualifications

• Accredited nursing degree required.
• Advanced NP degree from an approved program.
• Current NP licensure in the state of employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical care to inmates, including exams, chronic care, and infirmary rounds.
• Document progress notes in SOAP format and adhere to formulary guidelines.
• Respond to emergencies and decide on non-formulary drugs or off-site referrals.
• Support policies for admission, transfer, and specialty referrals.
• Maintain confidentiality and contribute to facility committees.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Inmate population care

Emergency response

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Nurse Practitioner master's/doctoral program

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 (NP) under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other site Physicians, offers a comprehensive range of medical services to incarcerated patientsin accordance withestablished policy and state guidelines. They ensure necessary documentation of services is provided to the Site Medical Director ordesigneetomonitorthe provision of clinical services. Additionally, they communicate scheduling changes to the Medical Director and H.S.A. andmake arrangementsfor coverage of medical services if unavailable for an extendedperiod of time.

Key Responsibilities

• Providesmedical care to inmates, including conducting exams, chronic care clinics, and infirmary rounds.
• Maintainsaccurateand legible progress note documentation in SOAP format and adheres to formulary guidelines.
• Responds to emergencies and makes logical decisionsregardingnon-formulary drugs or off-site referrals.
• Supports existing policies and procedures for admission, transfer, and specialty consultant referrals.
• Maintains confidentiality andprovidesinput into facility committees asrequested.

Additional Details

Shift: Monday - Thursday

Prefer: ER or Family

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.

Licenses/Certifications

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

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

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.

Job

26-190383

Facility

LA Swanson Youth Jackson

Type

Full-Time

Shift

Day 8 hour