Nurse Practitioner (APRN) - Correctional Health - Fairbanks, AK

Join Alaska's Correctional Healthcare Team. CLFC Healthcare and Communications is building a select roster of experienced Nurse Practitioners to provide adult primary and urgent care throughout the Alaska Department of Corrections. This is a multi-year opportunity offering recurring statewide assignment volume, competitive 1099 compensation, billable travel, clinical autonomy, and the chance to practice broad-spectrum correctional medicine while serving a medically underserved patient population.

This is correctional medicine, jail and prison medicine, and adult primary care in a secure medical environment.

Why Providers Choose CLFC

• Competitive 1099 compensation with billable travel to assigned facilities across Alaska.
• CLFC provides professional liability (malpractice) coverage for contracted assignments.
• Recurring assignment volume across a multi-year contract; assignments are generally scheduled in advance based on facility need, with occasional short-notice opportunities.
• Clinical autonomy and broad-spectrum adult primary care in a mission-driven setting.
• CLFC handles credentialing coordination, scheduling through the BRIDGE App, contract administration, and organized, scheduled payment processing, so you focus on patient care.
• Dedicated recruiting and scheduling support and a fast, organized onboarding process.
• The opportunity to serve a medically underserved population and practice at the top of your license.

The Ideal Candidate

You practice with confidence and value full practice authority, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary and custody teams. You independently manage medically complex adult patients with full prescriptive autonomy while maintaining professionalism and security awareness in a correctional setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver adult primary and urgent care in a secure correctional (jail/prison) medical environment across assigned Alaska Department of Corrections facilities.
• Conduct history and physical examinations, diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions, and run sick call and scheduled provider clinics.
• Manage chronic disease, medication reconciliation, and medication-assisted treatment; prescribe within scope, including controlled substances under active DEA registration.
• Order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic studies; coordinate specialty referrals and continuity of care.
• Respond to urgent and emergent clinical situations and provide on-call coverage per the facility schedule.
• Document in the facility EHR and comply with correctional healthcare standards, security protocols, and standards of care.

Required Qualifications

• An active Alaska RN license and Alaska APRN authorization, or demonstrated eligibility and the ability to obtain both prior to assignment (CLFC provides licensing-process coordination).
• Current national NP certification (ANCC or AANP), Family or Adult/Gerontology scope appropriate to adult correctional care.
• Active DEA registration, or the ability to obtain one.
• Correctional healthcare experience is required (jail, prison, or detention setting).
• Minimum 2 years of clinical practice as an APRN/NP.
• Ability to pass the facility background investigation; current BLS; U.S. work authorization required.

Strongly Preferred: multi-year correctional healthcare experience; chronic disease and medication-assisted treatment experience; existing Alaska licensure and DEA; ACLS; rural or frontier medicine and telehealth experience.

Compensation and Engagement

• Compensation: $120.00 per hour as a 1099 independent contractor. Equivalent to approximately $249,600 annually only if 2,080 billable hours are worked; assignment volume and full-time hours are not guaranteed.
• CLFC-provided professional liability (malpractice) coverage for contracted assignments.
• Recurring assignment volume across a multi-year contract; assignment hours vary and are dispatched as facility needs arise.
• Assignments are dispatched, claimed, and confirmed through CLFC's BRIDGE App; the State provides on-site workspace at all locations.
• Approved assignment-related travel and any compensable travel time are handled per the written terms issued for each assignment; CLFC provides credentialing coordination and organized, scheduled payment processing.

About CLFC Healthcare and Communications: CLF Consultants LLC (DBA CLFC Healthcare and Communications) is a nationwide healthcare staffing, language access, and federal support services organization supporting federal, state, and local government agencies. With 500+ healthcare professionals and 200+ interpreters deployed across the country, CLFC delivers reliable, mission-focused services. CLFC is a Self-Certified Small Disadvantaged Business. Equal Opportunity Employer.