Nurse Practitioner (NP) / Physician Assistant (PA) - Full-Time Day

Wellpath; Eureka, Santa Monica (CA, CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to deliver compassionate care to underserved populations. This full-time role involves assessing patients, coordinating care, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of vulnerable individuals.

Benefits

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Company paid life insurance

Health Spending Accounts

Wellness program

Qualifications

• Minimum two years’ experience in correctional/detention facility.
• Unrestricted current license and DEA registration required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care according to protocols and procedures.
• Evaluate and treat patients for acute care and emergency medicine.
• Document all findings using the S.O.A.P method and EMR.

Skills

Compassion

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's program in nursing

Accredited education program for PAs

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
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• 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 families 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

*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 or Physician Assistant works under the direct supervision of the Health Services Administrator, Program Manager, or higher medical professional. They assist the Physician in all medical care and treatment of the inmate population, including behavioral health disorders. The role includes coordinating the patient plan of care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in compliance with all agency, local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to and deliver care according to protocols and procedures.
• Evaluate and treat patients for acute care and emergency medicine complaints based on standardized procedures and protocols.
• Consult with a physician for conditions outside protocol parameters and identify patients who require transfer to an Emergency Department.
• Assess patients' medical, traumatic, and psychiatric issues and document all findings using the S.O.A.P method and EMR.
• Participate in Quality Management and Peer Review activities, attend administrative meetings, and provide clinical support for other services as needed.

Additional Details

Full-Time Day Position! Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA)

Great career opportunity and strong benefits package

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Completion of a master’s program in nursing (NPs) or an accredited education program for PAs

Experience

• Previous correctional/detention facility experience
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted current license, certification or registration in state of practice - must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc.
• Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration
• Current (and must maintain) lifesaving BLS and PALS (where applicable) certification through AHA

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

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.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.