Nurse Practitioner - PT 1 hour every 3 weeks

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.; Pittsfield (IL); On-site; USD 241,000 - 344,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral program

401(k) w/employer match

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Pike County Jail is seeking a part-time Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to deliver medical and behavioral health care on-site in Pittsfield, IL. You will perform on-site assessments, document hours, and provide on-call coverage as needed.

Requirements include a valid medical license in the state, board certification, DEA registration, and BLS. Experience in corrections or managed care is preferred.

Qualifications

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state where services are provided.
• Current Board Certification required.
• Current DEA registration required.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle.
• BLS certification; hands-on training required.

Responsibilities

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Document dates and times of provided site coverage in the payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Prescribe medication and treatment within your authority and professional judgement.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders as appropriate.
• Escalate off-site care when needed and coordinate with medical staff.

Skills

Experience in primary care

Corrections experience

Managed health care delivery

Education

Graduate degree

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Pike County Jail - IL - Pittsfield, IL 62363, 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:

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) w/employer match
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Professional Development
• Paid Time Off
• Disability Insurance