Nurse Practitioner - Correctional

A-Line Staffing is now hiring a Nurse Practitioner working in corrections in Grafton, OH! The Position would be working for a great company and has career growth potential. If you think this Nurse Practitioner position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me - feel free to call, e-mail, or apply to this posting! – Kyle Gregory This would be part time or full time / 40+ hours per week. - Must be available to work 1st shift Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm Pay Rate: 65.00 - 70.00 Per hour Compensation Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of employment and include health, optical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates Highlights This position is a contract assignment with potential to hire on permanently based upon attendance, performance, and business needs The required availability for this position is Must be available to work 1st shift Monday - Friday 7am - 3pm Responsibilities Description: JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.) • Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure: a. Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness. b. Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions. c. Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients. d. Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues. e. Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows. f. Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting. g. Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing. h. Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases. • Maintains required medical records: a. Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards. b. Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters. c. Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight. • Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers. • Participates in professional & agency committees & meetings: a. Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer. b. Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting. c. Attends quarterly medical meetings. d. Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors. e. Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner. MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS: Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing. Skill in use of equipment (e.g., surgical equipment, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope, BP cuff, EKG machine, otoscope, reflex hammer); operation of personal computer. Ability to handle sensitive telephone & face-to-face inquiries & contacts with general public; possess strong clinical base in order to make judgments & decisions regarding patient care & treatment; deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions; gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things; understand & follow philosophies, policies & procedures of facility; establish & maintain positive rapport with patients, patients' families, nursing & other department &/or agency staff; maintain confidentiality of information. (*)Developed after employment. MINIMUM CLASS QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT: Valid license as Registered Nurse; completion of Nurse Practitioner program & certified by Ohio Board of Nursing for advanced practice with valid certificate of authority & certificate to prescribe in accordance with ORC 4723. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED TO REM AIN IN THE CLASSIFICATION AFTER EMPLOYMENT: Must obtain Drug Enforcement Agency number for scheduled drugs within 1 month of employment. Must satisfy all requirements to maintain licensure. UNUSUAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Works in a secure institutional, facility or correctional setting & exposed to unpredictable behavior of violent inmate patients; works shifts, weekends & holidays. Requirements Clear active NP License in State of Ohio Searching for a candidate with at least one year of NP work experience in primary care and/or hospital medicine If you think this Nurse Practitioner position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me - feel free to call, e-mail, or apply to this posting! – Kyle Gregory Provide primary care to patients Serve as a nurse practitioner in skilled nursing centers Make independent health care decisions regarding patient care Provide care and treatment for psychiatric patients Providing patient-focused health care Provide well child care, acute care Providing care for patients in acute and critical care settings Produce care plan for patients Provide wound care to patients Provide primary health care, including preventive care services, for patients Provide primary care and patient education Ensure care coordination and patient centered care Provide comprehensive primary health care to a population of patients Advise patients about continuing care Act as an independent practitioner Treat and care for patients Providing episodic care of patients Provide work related health care services to patients Manage patients for wound care services Perform routine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures according to established protocols and current standards for acute care nurse practitioner practice