Correctional/Nurse Practitioner

SeClienthing for a family or adult-gerontology nurse practitioner licensed to work in Ohio with at least one year of working NP experience in primary care to provide on-site services on a part-time basis to the male population at this correctional facility. Schedule is Tuesday through Friday with 8-hour shifts. Start/end times are somewhat flexible but preferably 7a-3p or 8a-4p. There are no evenings, weekends, or holidays. Assignment is projected to last approximately 4-6 weeks but may be extended a little longer if need continues.
Nurse Practitioner Duties

• Monitors progress of and intervenes in the course of chronic illnesses, using ODRC policies and protocols for guidance

• Inoculates or vaccinates against communicable diseases & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute and chronically ill patients & performs minor surgery as training & competency allows

• Performs routine physical exams of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnoses new conditions

• Evaluates patients for the necessity of specialty referral consultations inside or outside the institution & reviews said consult reports for the recommendations, approving or disapproving accordingly

• Orders & reviews the results of laboratory, x-ray, & other diagnostic testing as appropriate

• With the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), facilitates the completion of medical reclassification & requests for non-formulary medications as necessary

• Performs routine & emergency medical care of patients as scheduled

• Examines, diagnoses & treats patients within scope of practice, as identified by the State of Ohio Nursing Board, as applicable

• Conducts rounds on infirmary patients as deemed appropriate by the CMO

• Writes up medical information gathered during patient interviews according to ODRC Office of Correctional Healthcare guidelines, policies, protocols & related American Correctional Association standards currently in practice, documenting all assessments & diagnostic impressions, as well as any other treatment plans & follow-up parameters

• Cooperates with CMO medical quality oversight & accept suggestions, redirection, and guidance