Nurse Practitioner (NP) Specialist

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging• Autonomy in a warm team environment• Growth and training

 

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including: • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it! • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching• Company paid life insurance• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

 

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

 

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

As a Nurse Practitioner - Specialist, you will provide comprehensive medical care to patients under the supervision of the Site Medical Director and other physicians, adhering to established policies and state guidelines. You will maintain a collaborative agreement with the Medical Director, ensure accurate documentation of clinical services, and coordinate schedule changes or coverage needs. You may also receive training in specialized areas such as Hepatitis C, HIV, Oncology, or Women’s Health to enhance the care you deliver.

Key Responsibilities

• Examine referred patients, conduct chronic care clinics, infirmary rounds, and sick call, ensuring progress notes are documented in SOAP format and aligned with therapeutic orders.
• Provide on-site emergency care, respond to health emergencies, and collaborate with the Clinical Advisor to develop and implement appropriate treatment plans.
• Follow established formularies, use non-formulary procedures only when necessary with proper documentation, and adhere to policies for infirmary admissions, emergency room transfers, and specialty referrals.
• Assume responsibility for clinical decisions, report concerns regarding care to leadership, and maintain strict patient confidentiality and privacy standards.
• Contribute to facility committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics or Medical Audit as requested, and perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing; Advanced Degree in an approved and Accredited Nurse Practitioner Program

Experience

• Previous correctional/detention facility experience
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted and Current License, Certification, or Registration in State of practice
• Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration
• Current lifesaving BLS and PALS (where applicable) certification through AHA

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

 

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

 

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

 

 

 

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

 

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.