Nurse Practitioner - Part Time - 1 hour every other week

Advanced Correctional Healthcare; St. Olaf (IA); On-site; USD 241,000 - 344,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral program

401(k) match

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Professional development

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Advanced Correctional Healthcare is seeking a part-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide medical coverage at Clayton County Law Enforcement Center in IA. This role requires on-site work, patient assessments, prescribing within authority, and on-call duties as part of a correctional health team.

The position emphasizes high professional standards, adherence to facility policies, and collaboration with medical staff to coordinate on-site and off-site care as needed.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Graduate Degree and current licensure in the state of service.
• Board Certification and DEA registration required.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Document dates and times of site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.
• Examine patients on-site until seen.
• Prescribe medications within your authority and with clinical judgement.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures.
• Coordinate off-site care when appropriate with medical staff.
• Attend ACH medical conferences at least once per year.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical assessment

On-site presence

Documentation

Prescribing

BLS certification

Education

Graduate Degree

Board Certification

DEA registration

Collaborative practice agreement

State medical license (MD/DO/NP/PA)

Job description

Job Details

• Job Location: Clayton County Law Enforcement Center - IA - St. Olaf, IA 52072


• Position Type: Part Time


• Education Level: Graduate Degree


• Salary Range: $175.00 - $250.00


• Hourly Travel Percentage: Negligible


• Job Shift: Day


• Job Category: Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

SUMMARY

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.


• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.


• Must document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system.


• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.


• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.


• Personally, examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.


• Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement.


• Review patient medical records, as appropriate


• Sign off on orders, as appropriate.


• Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense.


• If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer


• Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.


• Any and all other duties as assigned.

QualificationsREQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state in which services are to be provided is required.


• Current Board Certification required.


• Current DEA registration required.


• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.


• Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery required.


• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required.


• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training required.

Benefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status):

• Referral program


• 401(k) w/employer match


• Health insurance


• Vision insurance


• Dental insurance


• Professional Development


• Paid Time Off


• Disability Insurance