Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Company: PrimeCare Medical, Inc.
Location: Eagleville
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (i.e. PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We are a privately owned, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional healthcare practice.
PCM provides comprehensive medical, mental health, & dental care services to over 80 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout the states of PA, MD, FL, NY, & NH.
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 Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Eagleville, PA.
This is a 40 hour/week position, Monday's - Friday's evening shift hours (1:00pm - 9:30pm or 2:00pm - 10:30pm)
Benefits:PrimeCare believes in offering a competitive compensation and benefits package to all their employees. Standard benefits for full-time employees include:

• Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Annual Salary range is $120,000.00 - $135,00.00
• Single and Family health care offered (i.e., medical / prescription / dental / vision).
• Company-paid life insurance provided & additional insurance benefits offered.
• Company-paid liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
• Retirement benefits offered (i.e., 401k with discretionary company match).
• Generous PTO package provided. Paid time off will accrue for a maximum accrual of twenty (20) days (or 160 hours) per year. In addition, you will also receive six (6) floating holidays, pro-rated within your first year of employment as dictated by your effective hire date.
• Annual licensure reimbursement offered and more!
  Job Description:In this role the NP / PA will be performing physical examinations on all newly incarcerated inmates/patients, as well as evaluating sick inmates/patients, and present your observations to the attending physician.You will be responsible for performing a variety of duties such as suturing and administering injections and medications, drawing blood samples, and evaluate of diagnostic findings. Other responsibilities will include:
  • Ensuring complete, accurate and timely medical entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
  • Providing counseling and education on common medical problems.
  • Performing histories and physicals on all newly committed inmates/patients in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, facility requirements, and PCM policies and procedures.
  • Complying with standards of care in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted healthcare standards.
  • Developing and conducting in-service education programs according to annual in-service calendar, as assigned by PCM Medical Director and/or Administrator.
  • Reviewing inmate/patient records to determine health status and initiate necessary treatment.
  • Screening inmate/patient sick call requests to determine appropriate follow up care.
  • Evaluating inmate/patients at sick call for common complaints.
  • Ordering appropriate laboratory tests and X-rays.
  • Ordering specialty consultations when indicated.
  • Providing other services as required at the request of the PCM Medical Director and/or Administrator.
  • Providing ongoing, continuous care for inmates/patients with chronic medical problems such as asthma, hypertension, and diabetes.
  • Collecting specimens for and carrying out commonly performed blood, urine, and stool analyses and cultures.
  • Evaluating and initiating treatment in emergency situations such as cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, hemorrhage, burns, and injuries.
  • Prescribing 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 diagnosis on their own.

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