Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Wexford Health Sources, Inc.; Augusta (WV); On-site; USD 8,000 - 12,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed salary or hourly rate

No nights or weekends

No insurance authorizations

Patient and medicine focused

Job summary

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide medical services at Potomac Highlands Regional Jail in Augusta, WV. This part-time role schedules 8 hours per week on Tuesdays 8am-4pm with onsite care for the incarcerated population.

The candidate will perform primary care duties, medication management, and collaborate with facility staff, using EMR for charting. WV license, DEA, CPR required; 1-2 years of clinical experience preferred.

Qualifications

• WV State NP or PA license required at start date.
• State DEA registration required at start date.
• Current CPR certification required at start date.
• Graduate of college/university NP or PA program.
• 1-2 years clinical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides medical services to incarcerated population.
• Ambulatory and primary care focus within the facility.
• Delineates a broad range of medical services and health education.
• Prepares prescriptions, administers medications, and provides wound care.
• Coordinates with health care staff to deliver care.
• Orders medications following licensure guidelines.
• Document patient info in EMR.

Skills

Patient care

Documentation

Education

Graduate NP or PA program

Tools

EMR systems

DEA registration

Job description

POSITION: Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant

SCHEDULE: PartTime, 8 hours per week (Tuesdays 8am-4pm)

FACILITY: Potomac Highlands Regional Jail, onsite

LOCATION: Augusta, WV

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest correctional health care providers. Over the past 30 years, our team of dedicated clinical professionals has helpedmillions of justice-involved patients receive life-changing medical and mental health services.

**Guaranteed salary or hourly rate
**No nights or weekends
**No insurance authorizations
**Patient and medicine focused

POSITION SUMMARY

• Provides medical services to incarcerated population.
• Utilizes professional medical skills to meet a variety of health care needs, with ambulatory and primary care as a focus.
• Provides a broad range of medical services to the facility including assessment, identification and treatment of medical (acute and/or chronic) concerns, health education to patients, and illness and injury prevention.
• Performs paraprofessional medical services of an advanced technical nature to the inmate population as appropriate.
• Prepares written prescription orders for drugs; administers medication and injections; sutures wounds and provides wound care.
• Coordinates with other health care employees in the delivery of care.
• Orders medications for patients following licensure authority in coordination with company and facility guidelines.
• Utilizes EMR for charting in a format as designated to document pertinent patient information in chronological order in the health record.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

LICENSURE:

• WV State NP or PA license required at start date
• StateDEA required at start date

CERTIFICATION:

• Current CPR certification required at start date

EDUCATION: Graduate of college/university NP or PA program

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 1-2 years clinical experience preferred.

EOE/M/F/D/V