Nurse Practitioner - Sussex 1

Offering $10,000 Sign on Bonus or $10,000 Student Loan Repayment or Relocation Payment

Nurse Practitioners within VADOC analyze and interpret patients histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Diagnoses or treats acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.
• Recommends diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
• Prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
• Prescribes appropriate chemical or mechanical measures to assist offenders to improve behaviors.
• Assists with preparation and modification of the treatment plans and recommends to appropriate programs.
• Educates patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients individual circumstances.
• Provides evidence-based health education to the female population.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school, licensed to practice in the State of Virginia as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Extensive knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities.
• This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness. Comprehensive knowledge of current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic criteria.
• Knowledge of professional and ethical standards of practice and interventions appropriate for the assigned population.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team and to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Preferred But Not Required

• Prefer experience working in a Correctional Environment.
• Prefer experience treating in a public health care setting.

All applicants are subject to a background investigation and pre-employment drug screen.

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