Nurse Practitioner Salary

Winn Correctional Center • Winnfield, LA

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About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner diagnoses, treats, and cares for incarcerated patients. The role includes conducting physical examinations, identifying short-term and long-range care needs, ordering or administering diagnostic tests and interpreting their results, and managing wounds and infections. The Nurse Practitioner prescribes and administers medications as appropriate, counsels patients on preventive care and medical problems, and explains prescribed treatments.

The position also provides routine wound care, minor debridement, and dressing changes; develops and implements patient management plans to ensure continuity of care; and uses Quality Assurance results to improve inmate-care standards and nursing practice. The employee must follow the institution’s rules, directives, policies, procedures, and protocols and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current and valid Nurse Practitioner (NP) license.
• BLS/CPR certification.
• Current DEA license and prescriptive authority.
• Must pass a background check.
• Experience practicing as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the appropriate area of practice.

Nice To Haves

• Correctional experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose, treat, and care for incarcerated patients.
• Conduct physical examinations and identify short-term and long-range patient-care issues.
• Administer or order diagnostic tests and interpret the results to identify abnormal conditions.
• Manage wounds and infections.
• Prescribe and administer medications as appropriate.
• Counsel patients on preventive care, medical problems, and the use of prescribed treatment.
• Perform routine wound care, minor debridement, and dressing changes.
• Develop and implement patient management plans to provide continuity of care.
• Use Quality Assurance results to improve inmate-care standards and nursing practice.
• Comply with institutional rules, directives, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed