Nurse Practitioner with a $2,000 sign-on bonus! Victorville, CA

Nitelines Usa • Victorville, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

NiteLines USA is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide care at a federal corrections facility in Victorville, California. The role involves delivering direct patient care in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards, practicing within current licensure, and collaborating with facility and consulting physicians. The position offers $69.09 per hour on W-2 or $85 per hour on 1099, plus a $2,000 sign-on bonus. Listed benefits apply to W-2 employees only.

The schedule is 40 hours per week, eight hours per day, Monday through Friday, as needed between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM, for 120 workdays (960 hours) annually. The work location is 13777 Air Expressway Blvd., Victorville, CA 92394.

Requirements

• Must be licensed as a Nurse Practitioner to practice in California.
• Must be NP certified.
• At least one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Must hold Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification in accordance with American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
• Must possess and submit evidence of graduation from an accredited school.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and provide therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
• Perform advanced practice duties within the scope of current licensure.
• Administer prescribed medications by oral, intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular routes and assist with medication distribution at pill line.
• Monitor and evaluate responses to therapy.
• Perform history and physical examinations; take medical histories; examine patients; and order and interpret laboratory tests and X-rays.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services to inmates.
• Maintain accurate logs and reports in accordance with Bureau of Prisons and JACHO policy.
• Screen laboratory results for normal and abnormal values and notify physicians as appropriate.
• Secure, account for, store, and dispose of sharps according to institutional and national policy.
• Protect patient privacy and confidentiality and follow infection-control policies and procedures.
• Operate an EKG.
• Make diagnoses, develop treatment plans, and prescribe medications.
• Clinically manage injuries through suturing, splinting, and immobilization.
• Attend to medical emergencies and provide a wide range of emergency services in the absence of a physician.
• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultations, instruct and counsel patients, and order or carry out therapy.
• Perform emergency consultations when deemed necessary.
• Perform minor surgery using local anesthesia during consultation visits.
• Collaborate with staff and consulting physicians to plan, institute, evaluate, and revise program plans.
• Assist in determining the conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivering health care services.
• Distinguish normal from abnormal findings and recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Manage daily clinic operations and conduct daily sick call, including obtaining health histories, recording findings, and providing clinical evaluations.
• Accept only nursing assignments commensurate with educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws.

Benefits

• $2,000 sign-on bonus.
• Health insurance (W-2 only).
• Dental insurance (W-2 only).
• Vision insurance (W-2 only).
• 401(k) (W-2 only).
• Paid vacation (W-2 only).
• Paid sick leave (W-2 only).
• 11 paid federal holidays (W-2 only).

What This Job Offers

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