Job Description
Overview
NaphCare is seeking a part-time Nurse Practitioner (NP) to work weekends on Saturdays and Sundays in Des Moines, IA. Join our team of healthcare professionals providing comprehensive medical care for individuals currently incarcerated at Polk County Jail.
As a Correctional Nurse Practitioner, you will collaborate with correctional officers and other healthcare staff to deliver quality care to inmates. Working in a secure environment where safety is a priority, you will perform assessments, diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions and chronic illnesses, prescribe medications, and respond to emergencies. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to positively impact a diverse patient population with complex healthcare needs.
Responsibilities
Job Duties / Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner plays a critical role in our continued mission to provide quality care that protects the rights, dignity, and health of our unique patient population. Duties and responsibilities may include and are not limited to:
- Conducting physical examinations, developing treatment plans and monitoring patients
- Managing acute and chronic conditions such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes.
- Administering medications and providing instructions to patients
- Monitoring and documenting patient health including vital signs, medical histories.
- Providing direct patient care, triaging, assessing patient needs, developing care plans, and coordinating services.
- Responding to medical emergencies, providing first aid, and ensuring timely transport to appropriate healthcare facilities.
- Educating patients on preventative care, healthy lifestyle choices, and substance abuse prevention.
- Understanding and adhering to correctional facility security protocols, while working closely with correctional officers and other healthcare professionals, to ensure the safety and well-being of patients.
- Maintaining accurate medical records, documenting treatment plans, and reporting any relevant information.
- Conducting rounds, evaluating patients returning from off-site treatment
- Admitting and discharging patients from the facility
Qualifications
Experience / Requirements / Qualifications
- Advanced nursing education (Master''s or Doctorate)
- Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner
- Must hold a current unrestricted license as a Nurse Practitioner in IA
- Current DEA registration
- An appropriate collaborative agreement with the on-site Physician
- Must possess an active BLS CPR Certification (American Heart Association preferred)
- Be certified in a Board recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties
- Must pass the facility's criminal background check and drug screening
Experience / Skills
- Knowledge of nursing practice principles and techniques, occupational health and safety standards, infectious disease management, applicable health care laws, regulations, and procedures for direct health care services.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Able to work independently and in a team
- Experience working in a correctional facility or acute care center is a plus
- Integrity, professionalism and ability to adhere to a Code of Conduct and comply with all facility(s) correctional healthcare policies, procedures, and legal requirements
Physical Capabilities:
Must have the ability to stand for long periods, lift and move patients (up to 50 pounds), bend, squat, reach, push, pull, walk significant distances, and perform physically demanding tasks like CPR, all while maintaining good balance and endurance throughout a shift.
Why Join NaphCare?
NaphCare is one of the largest providers of healthcare services to correctional facilities throughout the US, and we are growing. If you have never considered a career in correctional healthcare, now may be the time! In addition to competitive salaries and generous employee benefits, we have opportunities for new graduates and experienced medical professionals, promote educational growth, and strongly support career advancement within the company.
NaphCare Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include:
- Health, dental & vision insurance that starts day one!
- Prescriptions free of charge through our health plan, beginning day one
- Lowest Cost Benefits!
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
- 401K and Roth with company contribution that starts day one!
- Tuition Assistance
- Referral bonuses
- Term life insurance at no cost to the employee
- Generous paid time off & paid holidays
- Free continuing education and CMEs
Want a better idea of what it's like to work in a jail? See what our NPs do:
NaphCare - Life as a Nurse Practitioner - YouTube
If you would like to speak with me to learn more about this position and NaphCare, apply directly to the position to initiate the application process, and I'll be in touch.
Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Des Moines, IA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1989 |
| Website | http://www.naphcare.com/ |
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Skills
- Acute Careunmatched
- Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
- CPR Certificationunmatched
- Chronic Diseaseunmatched
- Clinical Assessmentunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Correctional Healthunmatched
- Dental Insuranceunmatched
- Diabetesunmatched
- Disease Prevention and Controlunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Emergency Responseunmatched
- Employee Assistance Planunmatched
- Employee Benefitsunmatched
- Facebookunmatched
- First Aidunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Healthcare Providersunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Infectious Diseasesunmatched
- Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
- LinkedInunmatched
- Medical Conditionsunmatched
- Medical Recordsunmatched
- Medication Administrationunmatched
- Medicationsunmatched
- Needs Assessmentunmatched
- Nurse Practitionerunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Nursing Credentialsunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Patient Admissionsunmatched
- Patient Assessmentunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Patient Educationunmatched
- Physical Demandsunmatched
- Preventive Medicineunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Record Keepingunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
- Safety Standardsunmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Security Protocolsunmatched
- Substance Abuseunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Treatment Planunmatched
- Vision Planunmatched
About Company
NaphCare is dedicated to implementing cost-effective, quality services according to our clients' needs.
Because every facility is unique, we tailor our services to meet each client's respective needs. We deliver solutions based on your requests rather than telling you how to run your facility. NaphCare evaluates, evolves, and adapts our programs according to not only client needs, but also the ever-changing field of correctional healthcare.
When you choose NaphCare, you choose a proactive, preventive healthcare provider. We focus on a “Day One” mentality, providing care up front and without delay. Our clients experience greater efficiency, a reduction in unnecessary costs, and transfer their legal liability, all without giving up their independence. NaphCare is leading the way with an all-in-one approach to correctional healthcare that provides services unique to your facility.
Personal Attention
With NaphCare, people come first. We are proud of our company culture and ability to connect with our clients on a personal level, and it is NaphCare's mission to continue our history of personalized service. Care is not reserved simply for the patients entrusted to us, but also for our client partners. We care for our clients by providing efficient services to reduce their costs, communicating regularly about our services, listening to the client, providing accountability through continuous quality studies and reporting, and working with integrity at all times.
Company Consistency
Also, as an independent healthcare partner, we are free from complex partnerships and distant investors that limit our competitors' responsiveness. NaphCare has not undergone any corporate reorganization or restructuring since the company was founded in 1989, and has no plans to do so in the future. This stability, along with planned and structured growth, ensures that our client partners receive personal attention from our administrative and medical support team at our headquarters.
Financial Stability
NaphCare is a financially stable and fiscally responsible company. Throughout our history, we have maintained steady, measured growth, more stable than sweeping corporate changes. Our clients do not have to worry about drastic shifts in our company and how such changes will affect their services.
One of the best indicators of a company's financial stability is its ability to secure insurance and a bonding line. NaphCare is proud of our ability to provide performance bonds, rather than letters of credit. Due to our financial strength, NaphCare has exceptional insurance programs that indemnify our clients against litigation regarding healthcare services.
Because every facility is unique, we tailor our services to meet each client's respective needs. We deliver solutions based on your requests rather than telling you how to run your facility. NaphCare evaluates, evolves, and adapts our programs according to not only client needs, but also the ever-changing field of correctional healthcare.
When you choose NaphCare, you choose a proactive, preventive healthcare provider. We focus on a “Day One” mentality, providing care up front and without delay. Our clients experience greater efficiency, a reduction in unnecessary costs, and transfer their legal liability, all without giving up their independence. NaphCare is leading the way with an all-in-one approach to correctional healthcare that provides services unique to your facility.
Personal Attention
With NaphCare, people come first. We are proud of our company culture and ability to connect with our clients on a personal level, and it is NaphCare's mission to continue our history of personalized service. Care is not reserved simply for the patients entrusted to us, but also for our client partners. We care for our clients by providing efficient services to reduce their costs, communicating regularly about our services, listening to the client, providing accountability through continuous quality studies and reporting, and working with integrity at all times.
Company Consistency
Also, as an independent healthcare partner, we are free from complex partnerships and distant investors that limit our competitors' responsiveness. NaphCare has not undergone any corporate reorganization or restructuring since the company was founded in 1989, and has no plans to do so in the future. This stability, along with planned and structured growth, ensures that our client partners receive personal attention from our administrative and medical support team at our headquarters.
Financial Stability
NaphCare is a financially stable and fiscally responsible company. Throughout our history, we have maintained steady, measured growth, more stable than sweeping corporate changes. Our clients do not have to worry about drastic shifts in our company and how such changes will affect their services.
One of the best indicators of a company's financial stability is its ability to secure insurance and a bonding line. NaphCare is proud of our ability to provide performance bonds, rather than letters of credit. Due to our financial strength, NaphCare has exceptional insurance programs that indemnify our clients against litigation regarding healthcare services.
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