Correctional/Nurse Practitioner 3814 - Alpha Rae Personnel Inc
Lebanon, OH 45036
About the Job
Searching 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 primary care services. Schedule is 4 eight-hour shifts/week (no evenings, weekends, or holidays). There is some flexibility in start/end times. Assignment is projected to last 6 months but may be extended based on continued need and mutual agreement. Assignment could lead to consideration for permanent hire.
1. Create s & 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.
2. 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.
3.Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.
4.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; 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.
1. Create s & 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.
2. 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.
3.Provides clinical direction to registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, phlebotomists & other caregivers.
4.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; 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.
Source : Alpha Rae Personnel Inc
