Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

Mansfield is a city located approximately 65 miles northeast of Columbus, 65 miles southwest of Cleveland and 91 miles southeast of Toledo with a population of approximately 125,000. Mansfield's official nickname is "The Fun Center of Ohio". It is the largest city in the Mid-Ohio region. Anchored by the Richland Carousel District, downtown Mansfield is home to a number of attractions and arts venues.

The Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) is an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction mixed-security state prison for men located adjacent to the property of the historic Ohio State Reformatory. The facility opened in 1990 and has a capacity of 2,523 inmates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (included but not limited to):

• Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure:
  • Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
  • Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions.
  • Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients.
  • Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.
  • Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.
  • Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting.
  • Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.
  • Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.
• Maintains required medical records:
  • Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
  • Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.
  • 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:
  • Attends professional institutional specific meetings as requested by warden, deputy warden or chief medical officer.
  • Participates in continuous quality improvement measures & attends monthly meeting.
  • Attends quarterly medical meetings.
  • Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.
  • 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. Requirements:

• 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 Remain 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. Shift: 7:30-3:30 M-F