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22nd Health Care LLC

Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

22nd Health Care LLC, Dayton

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Job Title: Family Nurse Practitioner
Location: Dayton, OH 45417
Duration: 6 months to long term
Shifts: 8:30 AM 4:00 PM (40 hours weekly)
Facility: Dayton Correctional (DCI)
Job 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.
Requirements:
• 1 + years NP experience in a primary care setting or hospital medicine (not urgent care)
• Active Nurse Practitioner license for the state of OH.
• Active BLS/CPR.