Nurse Practitioner - Part Time 1hr weekly

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.; Sioux Falls (SD); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Referral program

401(k)

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a licensed physician (MD/DO) or advanced practice provider (NP/PA) to deliver on-site medical and behavioral health services in correctional facilities.

The role requires active state licensure, board certification, DEA registration, and willingness to work in a secure environment. The provider will perform comprehensive medical assessments, prescribe medications within scope, document care, and participate in on-call rotations.

Formación

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state of service.
• Current Board Certification.
• Current DEA registration.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in a primary care, corrections, or managed health care setting.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsabilidades

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Log hours in online payroll system to document site coverage.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.
• Personally examine patients as needed and stay on-site until all patients are seen.
• Prescribe medication and treatment within prescriptive authority.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures.
• Coordinate off-site care when appropriate in collaboration with medical staff.
• Attend ACH medical conferences (minimum 1 per year).
• Other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Medical assessment

On-site availability

Prescriptive authority

Educación

MD/DO/NP/PA licensed

Board Certification

DEA registration

Collaborative agreement

Descripción del empleo

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.

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

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the 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.

Qualifications

REQUIRED 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)
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off
• Disability Insurance