Nurse Practitioner - PRN

ThedaCare Cardiovascular Care; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Carolina is seeking a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to deliver care at Wilson County Detention Center. The role involves performing medical assessments, prescribing medication, and providing on-site services, along with essential duties per facility guidelines. Candidates must have a valid medical license, current board certification, and experience in primary care.

Benefits

401(k) with employer match

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Professional Development

Qualifications

• 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.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.

Responsibilities

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services and ensure patient needs are met.
• Document service coverage and compliance with facility policies.

Skills

Medical assessments

Patient examination

Prescribing medication

Education

Graduate Degree

Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA)

Current Board Certification

Current DEA registration

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

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Job Details

Job Location: Wilson County Detention Center - NC - Wilson, NCPosition Type: PRNEducation Level: Graduate DegreeSalary Range: $200.00 - $250.00 HourlyTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: OtherJob Category: Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Description

• Referral program
• 401(k) w/employer match
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off
• Disability Insurance

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

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

• Current Board Certification required.Â

• Current DEA registration required.Â

• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.Â

• Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care deliveryÂrequired.Â

• Valid driverâs license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required.Â

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on trainingÂrequired.Â