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The purpose of this position is to promote the health and wellbeing of inmates and to provide appropriate medical care. This position supervises and manages the department, provides patient care and responds to emergencies, and provides health and wellness education to inmates and staff. The role provides staff training and acts as a liaison between medical and detention staff. The position also maintains the supplies inventory. Supervisory Responsibilities: Regularly assigns work to other employees and supervises related activities. Makes final decisions on scheduling work hours of employees; evaluating performance of employees; handling employee grievances; employee training and granting time off. Provides recommendations on employee promotions; salary increases; disciplinary actions; employee coaching; managing assistants and managing supervisors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Supervises and manages medical department, including nursing and medical staff. Provides direct patient care for routine medical concerns, prescribes medications and performs medical procedures. Reviews inmates' medical histories and prescriptions. Responds to medical emergencies and provides lifesaving skills to injured/sick patients. Promotes inmate health and wellness; educates inmates and staff about medical concerns. Provides training, including basic first aid and CPR, for medical, nursing and detention staff. Acts as liaison between medical staff and detention officers. Maintains inventory of supplies and medications. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Education/Directly Related Experience Required: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, Nurse Practioner, or Physicians Assistant. Ten (10) years of medical administrative experience; County detention facilities experience preferred. Arizona State Medical License, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification. Supplemental Information: Practice and principles of medical service administration, human resources management, pharmacology, emergency management procedures, first aid, and CPR. Exceptional research and writing skills, organizational and reporting skills, active learning, active listening, critical thinking, analyzing training needs, problem recognition, problem solving, time management and multi-tasking. Multi-task, perform tasks with finger dexterity, maintain mental response and quickness, maintain calm demeanor in stressful situations and read and write at professional level. Regularly stands to attend to reported incidents. Routinely sits to complete report and to operate computers. May be required to lift work related materials or equipment of more than 75 lbs. Constantly requires dexterity for keyboard operation. Constantly requires dexterity for special medical gadgets and for special medical machines. Incumbents in this position constantly spends time in medical examination room and in a medical office environment for reporting and data entry. Travel is necessary due to the large geographic area of service. Incumbents may be required to visit jail facilities. Incumbents in this position may become exposed to physical danger, chemical hazards, bloodborne pathogens, communicable diseases, hostile patients, verbal abuse and emotional individuals. Incumbents in this position are required to constantly follow written safety procedures and manuals relevant to the division or department. Potential errors can result in property damage, individual injury, or loss of life.
The purpose of this position is to promote the health and wellbeing of inmates and to provide appropriate medical care. This position supervises and manages the department, provides patient care and responds to emergencies, and provides health and wellness education to inmates and staff. The role provides staff training and acts as a liaison between medical and detention staff. The position also maintains the supplies inventory. Supervisory Responsibilities: Regularly assigns work to other employees and supervises related activities. Makes final decisions on scheduling work hours of employees; evaluating performance of employees; handling employee grievances; employee training and granting time off. Provides recommendations on employee promotions; salary increases; disciplinary actions; employee coaching; managing assistants and managing supervisors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Supervises and manages medical department, including nursing and medical staff. Provides direct patient care for routine medical concerns, prescribes medications and performs medical procedures. Reviews inmates' medical histories and prescriptions. Responds to medical emergencies and provides lifesaving skills to injured/sick patients. Promotes inmate health and wellness; educates inmates and staff about medical concerns. Provides training, including basic first aid and CPR, for medical, nursing and detention staff. Acts as liaison between medical staff and detention officers. Maintains inventory of supplies and medications. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Education/Directly Related Experience Required: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, Nurse Practioner, or Physicians Assistant. Ten (10) years of medical administrative experience; County detention facilities experience preferred. Arizona State Medical License, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification. Supplemental Information: Practice and principles of medical service administration, human resources management, pharmacology, emergency management procedures, first aid, and CPR. Exceptional research and writing skills, organizational and reporting skills, active learning, active listening, critical thinking, analyzing training needs, problem recognition, problem solving, time management and multi-tasking. Multi-task, perform tasks with finger dexterity, maintain mental response and quickness, maintain calm demeanor in stressful situations and read and write at professional level. Regularly stands to attend to reported incidents. Routinely sits to complete report and to operate computers. May be required to lift work related materials or equipment of more than 75 lbs. Constantly requires dexterity for keyboard operation. Constantly requires dexterity for special medical gadgets and for special medical machines. Incumbents in this position constantly spends time in medical examination room and in a medical office environment for reporting and data entry. Travel is necessary due to the large geographic area of service. Incumbents may be required to visit jail facilities. Incumbents in this position may become exposed to physical danger, chemical hazards, bloodborne pathogens, communicable diseases, hostile patients, verbal abuse and emotional individuals. Incumbents in this position are required to constantly follow written safety procedures and manuals relevant to the division or department. Potential errors can result in property damage, individual injury, or loss of life.