Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Wexford Health Sources, Inc.; Sutton (WV); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed salary or hourly rate

No nights or weekends

No insurance authorizations

Patient-focused care

Job summary

Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is seeking a Part-Time Nurse Practitioner/APRN to provide medical services at Central Regional Jail in Sutton, WV.

The role emphasizes ambulatory and primary care, including assessment, treatment, wound care, and coordination with medical staff. Requirements include state APRN licensure, State DEA, CPR certification, and graduation from an APRN program; 1–2 years of experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse required at start date.
• StateDEA license required at start date.
• Current CPR certification required at start date.
• Graduate of APRN program.
• 1–2 years clinical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides medical services to incarcerated population.
• Focus on ambulatory and primary care.
• Assesses, identifies, and treats medical concerns; provides health education and illness/injury prevention.
• Performs paraprofessional medical services of an advanced technical nature.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Wound care

Medication administration

Ambulatory care

EMR documentation

Education

APRN degree

Job description

POSITION: Nurse Practitioner/ APRN

SCHEDULE: PartTime, 8 hours per week

FACILITY: Central Regional Jail

LOCATION: Sutton, 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 helped millions 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: StateAdvanced Practice Registered Nurse license/ NP certification required at start date
• StateDEA required at start date
• CERTIFICATION: Current CPR certification required at start date
• EDUCATION: Graduate of college/university Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program
• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 1-2 years clinical experience preferred.
• EOE/M/F/D/V