Part-Time On-Site Correctional NP | 24/7 On-Call

Advanced Correctional Healthcare; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 241,000 - 344,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral program

401(k)

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Professional Development

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Advanced Correctional Healthcare in Sioux Falls, SD seeks a part-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to deliver medical and behavioral health services at the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center. You will be on-site, document hours, and provide on-call coverage as needed.

The ideal candidate must hold a graduate degree, valid medical license (MD/DO/NP/PA), board certification, and DEA registration.

Qualifications

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state where services are 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Primary care experience

Corrections experience

Clinical assessment

Education

Graduate degree

Medical license (MD/DO/NP/PA)

Board certification

DEA registration

BLS certification

Driver’s license

Job description

Advanced Correctional Healthcare in Sioux Falls, SD seeks a part-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to deliver medical and behavioral health services at the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center. You will be on-site, document hours, and provide on-call coverage as needed.

The ideal candidate must hold a graduate degree, valid medical license (MD/DO/NP/PA), board certification, and DEA registration.