Physician's Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) - PRN

Wellpath; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company paid life insurance

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Wellness program

Banking discounts

Job summary

Wellpath is hiring a Physician's Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to provide medical care in a correctional facility. You will work under supervision to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements include a master’s program in nursing or PA, an unrestricted license, DEA registration, and BLS/PALS where applicable. The role involves daily sick calls, emergency care, minor procedures, and behavioral health management.

Qualifications

• Master’s in Nursing (NP) or PA program completed.
• Unrestricted license, certification or registration in state of practice; must maintain all certifications.
• Current DEA registration and lifesaving BLS/PALS where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily sick call and follow standardized protocols.
• Provide emergency care and coordinate patient transfers.
• Perform minor surgical procedures, repair lacerations, and remove sutures.
• Treat and manage behavioral health disorders and patients on maintenance non-psychotic medications.
• Participate in Quality Management and peer review activities.

Education

Master’s program in nursing (NP) or PA program

Job description

Join Us And Find a Career That Supports

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks And Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

As a Physician's Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will work under the direct supervision of the Health Services Administrator (HSA), Program Manager (PM), or higher medical professional, and assist the Physician in providing medical care and treatment to the inmate population, which includes addressing behavioral health disorders. You will coordinate patient care plans by conducting assessments, developing plans, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes, all while working collaboratively with the healthcare team and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations at the agency, local, state, and federal levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily sick call, carry out treatments, and follow standardized procedures and protocols.
• Provide emergency care for identified medical emergencies and coordinate patient transfers to appropriate facilities.
• Perform minor surgical procedures, repair lacerations, and remove sutures.
• Treat and manage non-psychotic behavioral health disorders and provide ongoing care for patients on maintenance doses of non-psychotic medications.
• Participate in Quality Management and Peer Review activities, document findings using the S.O.A.P.E. method, and attend quarterly Quality Management meetings.

Additional Details

This position will be covering 4 days/week for 3 month minimum leave Flexible day schedule available Mon-Thu, Tue-Fri or any other 4 day combo you want!

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Completion of a master’s program in nursing (NPs) or an accredited education program for PAs

Experience

• Previous correctional/detention facility experience
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted current license, certification or registration in state of practice - must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc.
• Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration
• Current (and must maintain) lifesaving BLS and PALS (where applicable) certification through AHA

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.