NEEDED: Nurse Practitioner

LOCATION: 741-925 Herlong Access Rd. A-25, Herlong, CA 96113

SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM

QUALIFICATIONS:    

• Must be licensed to practice medicine in the State of California or Nevada.
• Must have 1-2 years of family medicine experience or 1-2 years of urgent care experience.
• Must hold, at minimum, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) and stay current with certification.
• Providing proof of credentials (education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education, etc.).

JOB DESCRIPTION: Shall be responsible for, but is not limited to:

• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate population.
• Conduct medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests, x-ray and other diagnostic testing.
• Diagnosis and treat patients in an efficient, timely, and professional manner, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications utilizing the Bureau of Prisons formulary.
• Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing
• Attend to medical emergencies
• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy
• Emergency consultation to be performed by the contractor in instances where deemed necessary. Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of health care services
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems
• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick calls, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
• Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician