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Job Title: Correctional Family Nurse Practitioner Position Overview: We are looking for a high-energy, experienced Family Nurse Practitioner to join our correctional medicine team. In this role, you are responsible for the clinical management of the inmate population during your scheduled hours. The medical unit operates as a hybrid of an urgent care and a chronic care clinic.

You must be comfortable making evidence-based clinical decisions, performing procedures, and managing detox and chronic care cases while you are on-site. Shift-Based Responsibilities: Act as the primary medical authority during your shift, overseeing all triage, emergency responses, and routine medical demands. Manage urgent care cases, including suturing, wound care maintenance, and stabilizing patients for potential transfer to local emergency rooms.

Execute and monitor Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Detox protocols, ensuring patient safety during high-risk withdrawal periods. Review and follow up on orders, lab results, and diagnostic tests initiated by previous providers to ensure seamless care transitions. Maintain responsibility for chronic care medication renewals, monitoring, and ordering necessary labs/diagnostics (including X-ray interpretation) during your shift.

Ensure all patient encounters and orders are meticulously documented in the EMR before the end of your shift to facilitate a clean hand-off to the next provider. The Ideal Candidate: We need a provider who thrives in a fast-paced, unpredictable environment and possesses: ER-Level Decision Making: The ability to prioritize cases in a "triage" mindset.

Procedural Proficiency: Expertise in suturing, splinting, and wound management. Strong Boundaries: The ability to provide high-quality care while maintaining the safety and security protocols of a correctional environment.

Qualifications

& Experience: Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience as an NP in an urgent/acute care setting (Emergency Department or High-Acuity Urgent Care experience is strongly preferred). Licensure: Current, unrestricted FNP license and DEA registration. Skills: Proficient in EMR documentation and diagnostic interpretation (X-ray, EKG, Labs).

Certifications: BLS/ACLS required. Salary $80 - $90 per hour