Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

POSITION: Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant SCHEDULE: PartTime, 8 hours per week (Tuesdays 8am-4pm) FACILITY: Potomac Highlands Regional Jail, onsite LOCATION: Augusta, WV Wexford Health Sources, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest correctional health care providers. Over the past 30 years, our team of dedicated clinical professionals has helpedmillions of justice-involved patients receive life-changing medical and mental health services.

• *Guaranteed salary or hourly rate
• *No nights or weekends
• *No insurance authorizations
• *Patient and medicine focused

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides medical services to incarcerated population. Utilizes professional medical skills to meet a variety of health care needs, with ambulatory and primary care as a focus. Provides a broad range of medical services to the facility including assessment, identification and treatment of medical (acute and/or chronic) concerns, health education to patients, and illness and injury prevention. Performs paraprofessional medical services of an advanced technical nature to the inmate population as appropriate. Prepares written prescription orders for drugs; administers medication and injections; sutures wounds and provides wound care. Coordinates with other health care employees in the delivery of care. Orders medications for patients following licensure authority in coordination with company and facility guidelines. Utilizes EMR for charting in a format as designated to document pertinent patient information in chronological order in the health record.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

LICENSURE:

WV State NP or PA license required at start date StateDEA required at start date

CERTIFICATION:

Current CPR certification required at start date EDUCATION: Graduate of college/university NP or PA program PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 1-2 years clinical experience preferred.

EOE/M/F/D/V

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