Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Part-Time

Team-based integrated care: coordination with counselors to integrate psychiatry & counseling

Thematic focus on patient experience: optimizing for safety, patient satisfaction and access to care

Conduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, and evaluate treatment results

Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments within psychiatric parameters

Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis

Examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.

Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement.

Review patient medical records, as appropriate

Sign off on orders, as appropriate

Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense

If a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer

Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year

Any and all other duties as assigned

Must possess a current state license in the state in which services are to be provided (MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant, Psychiatry)

Board Certified

Current DEA registration

Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery

Must be able to drive a motor vehicle

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training

Benefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status):