Full Time Nurse Practitioner Days - Hamilton Co Jail

Company: QCHC Inc
Location: Chattanooga
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

Full Time Nurse Practitioner Days - Hamilton Co Jail EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.Description Employee will be expected to: -Provide nurse practitioner services on-site to inmates at QCHC's Hamilton Co Jail. -Participate in the Tennessee on-call calendar with other QCHC providers -Give appropriate medical orders to direct medical and nursing care provided by QCHC nursing staff at sites. -Document all clinical encounters in the medical record -Participate in the quality assurance, risk management, and staff education activities -Coordinate and communicate with jail administration as necessary -Participate in meetings with jail administration, Sheriffs, and/or other county officials as needed; work with off-site healthcare providers as necessary.Position Requirements Job Requirements: Master's degree in Nursing required Must have current and valid CRNP Must have current, unencumbered license in the state of practice 1-3 years of previous Nurse Practitioner experience preferred Experience working in corrections preferred Current BLS certified Full-Time/Part-Time Full-TimeShift DaysHourly RatePosition Nurse PractitionerExempt/Non-Exempt ExemptLocation Hamilton CoAbout the Organization Welcome to Quality Correctional Health Care. We are a physician-owned company exclusively devoted to providing inmate healthcare services in the correctional environment. We have a proven track record devoted exclusively to providing inmate healthcare services in corrections environments. We currently provide healthcare to approximately 12,000 inmates in over sixty jails in six states. We serve facilities that range in size from small 20-bed municipal jails to large, multi-site detention facilities with 1,000 inmates. Our mission is simple yet critical: 'To seamlessly integrate cost effective affordable and quality correctional health care into the corrections environment.' -Johnny Bates, MD, CEO and Founder.This position is currently accepting applications.

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