Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner
Location: Lima ,OH 45802
Duration: 4 months to long term
Shift: Standard 1st shift (40 hours weekly)

• 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.

• Active Nurse Practitioner License.

• Active BLS/ CPR.