Correctional/Nurse Practitioner - Lebanon, United States - Resource Logistics, Inc.

Description

SeClienthing for a family or adult-gerontology nurse practitioner licensed to work in Ohio with at least one year of working NP experience in a primary care setting or hospital medicine to provide on-site services on a part-time basis to the male population at this correctional facility.

Schedule is 4 eight-hour shifts/week (no evenings, weekends, or holidays). Preferred shift is 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., but there is some flexibility in start/end times. Assignment is projected to last approximately 6 months

but may be extended based on continued need and mutual good fit.

The following credentialing documents must be submitted: a comprehensive resume that includes education (with location and year of graduation), training, and complete work history; and Ohio license; healthcare-professional level BLS/CPR certification.

A Drug Enforcement Administration certification should also be submitted, if available, as it will be required for the assignment.


CLASS TITLE
Correctional / Nurse Practitioner

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;