Nurse Practitioner
Wellpath
**Why Wellpath**
**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.
**About this role**
The Nurse Practitioner (NP)providesa range of medical services to patients under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other physicians. They adhere toestablishedpolicies and procedures and stateguidelines andobtain a collaborative agreement with the physician or Medical Director. The NP alsoprovidesrequired documentation of services, notifies the Medical Director and H.S.A.regardingchanges in schedule coverage, andassistsin arranging coverage of medical services.
**What you bring to the table**
Education
+ Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing; Advanced Degree in an approved and Accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
Experience
+ Previouscorrectional/detention facility experience
+ Minimum two (2) years’ experience
Licenses/Certifications
+ Unrestricted and Current License, Certification, or Registration in State of practice
+ Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration
+ Current lifesaving BLS and PALS (where applicable) certification through AHA
**What you will do**
+ Conducts on-site chronic care clinics and sick call asestablishedby Site Medical Director, Health ServicesAdministrator,or designee.
+ Providesemergency treatment on-site and responds appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
+ Prescribes a planned regimen of total patient care, which is adequate, problem-oriented,and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
+ Supports standards of medical care through adherence to existing policies and procedures.
+ Reports any doubts or questionsregardingthe lack ofappropriate referrals,nursingor medical intervention necessary for the realization of established patient goals to the Medical Director or Health Services Administrator for disposition.
**Qualifications & Requirements**
Education
+ Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing; Advanced Degree in an approved and Accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
Experience
+ Previouscorrectional/detention facility experience
+ Minimum two (2) years’ experience
Licenses/Certifications
+ Unrestricted and Current License, Certification, or Registration in State of practice
+ Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration
+ Current lifesaving BLS and PALS (where applicable) certification through AHA
**We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer**
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
**We encourage you to apply!** If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
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**Job** _24-170086_
**Facility** _IN Marion Cty Juv Det Ctr_
**Type** _PRN_
**Shift** _Day 8 hour_
**Recruiter : Full Name: First Last** _Maria Yeary_
**Recruiter : Email** _MYeary@Wellpath.us_
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