Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Full Time - Troy, NY - Correctional Health Care
Pay: Competitive
Location: Troy/New York
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Description
Req#: 1929684564
Professional Care Medical Practices PC ("Professional Care") is a private, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.
Professional Care provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services in the state of New York. Correctional health care is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all of your learned medical skills and knowledge on a daily basis. It is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; providing care to an under-served, diverse, and truly appreciative patient population.
We are currently looking for a Full-Time, Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team and provide on-site medical care at the Rensselaer County Jail in Troy, NY & Schenectady County Jail in Schenectady, NY.
This only requires 24 hours/week at Rensselaer County and 16 hours at Schenectady County, Monday's - Friday's. Weekly hours are scheduled during normal business hours (i.e., ~8:00am - 4:30pm, 7:00am- 3:30pm).
Quick summary of key points:
- Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience.
- Company-paid family health care offered (i.e., medical / prescription / dental / vision).
- Company-paid life insurance provided.
- Elective life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits offered.
- Retirement benefits offered (i.e., 401k with discretionary company match).
- Company-paid malpractice liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
- Generous PTO, Holiday, & Sick Leave package provided.
- Annual licensure reimbursement provided.
- Unlimited company-paid CME technology provided, and more.
Job Responsibilities:
- Perform physical examinations on all newly incarcerated inmates/patients, as well as evaluating sick inmates/patients, and present observations to the attending physician.
- Perform a variety of duties such as suturing and administering injections and medications, drawing blood samples, and evaluating diagnostic findings.
- Ensure complete, accurate and timely medical entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
- Provide counseling and education on common medical problems.
- Perform histories and physicals on all newly committed inmates/patients in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, facility requirements, and PCM policies and procedures.
- Comply with standards of care in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted healthcare standards.
- Develop and conduct in-service education programs according to the annual in-service calendar, as assigned by PCM Medical Director and/or Administrator.
- Review inmate/patient records to determine health status and initiate necessary treatment.
- Screen inmate/patient sick call requests to determine appropriate follow-up care.
- Evaluate inmate/patients at sick call for common complaints.
- Order appropriate laboratory tests and X-rays.
- Order specialty consultations when indicated.
- Provide ongoing, continuous care for inmates/patients with chronic medical problems such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes.
- Collect specimens for and carry out commonly performed blood, urine, and stool analyses and cultures.
- Evaluate and initiate treatment in emergency situations such as cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, hemorrhage, burns, and injuries.
- Prescribe therapeutic modalities such as medications and diets in accordance with regulations.
This position is exciting and fast-paced, and as such we must have someone who is able to multi-task well and has excellent time management skills. They must also have the ability to work independently and be comfortable with making patient diagnoses on their own.
Company Overview:
Professional Care is committed to managing and reducing risk in correctional health care by providing cost-effective quality health care management, continuously improving the standards of care and striving for national accreditation for all facilities.
Dedicated to correctional health care, Professional Care prides itself on our strong client relationships, as well as effective and efficient management of health care services. These attributes continue to be the hallmark of our success. With new health care contracts established regularly, opportunities for advancement and development are ample.
PCM utilizes a proprietary EMR system, customized to our practice and specifically designed for correctional health care. Said technology is user-friendly, intuitive, and reliable. Furthermore, we are dedicated to your long-term success and foster this by providing individually catered training to every one of our NP's.
To learn why Professional Care Medical Practice PC is The Choice for Quality Correctional Healthcare, please apply today and schedule a phone interview. We can’t wait to hear from you and look forward to speaking with you about joining our PrimeCare family!
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant program.
- Board Certified.
- Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of New York.
- Maintain current DEA license.
- Maintain active BLS (i.e. CPR) certification.
- Maintain current Driver’s License.
About the company
"The Choice for Quality Correctional Healthcare"
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