Advanced Practice Provider - Traveler

Advanced Practice Provider – Traveler

Location:

El Paso, Texas

Employer:

Loyal Source Government Services

Pay: $64.88/hr + Weekly per diem and housing

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants form the core of the provider team. Although there are differences in the professions, both work together under the same core clinical care expectations. The mission in the detention environment requires a broad clinical background. The core scope of practice includes family practice (including family units and office procedures), urgent and emergency care, behavioral health care, infectious disease and public health management, case management, and gender‑specific care, including transgender care and pregnancy.

All care is governed by predetermined policy and established detention standards. APPs provide health care under a collaborative practice agreement with a physician and with prescriptive authority.

• Physician Assistant:
  Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program in a U.S. state, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory. Must be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC‑PA) or a predecessor, and the institution or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Nurse Practitioner:
  Graduate from an accredited Family Nurse Practitioner program in a U.S. state, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory. Must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• One year full‑time equivalent of primary care experience as a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, current and within the past five years.
• Experience in a detention, correctional or residential healthcare setting (preferred, not required).
• For Family Residential Centers:
  One year full‑time equivalent of primary care experience with proficiency providing care to women and pediatric patients of all ages, current and within the past five years.

• Maintain an unrestricted, current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license in the state of assignment; report any changes immediately.
• Maintain national certification as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
• Physician Assistant: certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Nurse Practitioner: board certification as Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (AANC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
• Maintain unrestricted license to prescribe controlled medications from the DEA in the state of assignment.
• Maintain one of:
  Basic Life Support for health care providers (American Heart Association®), CPR for the professional rescuer (American Red Cross or American Safety and Health Institute).
• Credentialing and a signed collaborative practice and prescriptive authority agreement with a physician.

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, co‑workers and stakeholders in a multidisciplinary, multicultural, multilingual environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changes in schedules and work requirements.
• Strong organizational, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and confidentiality of medical records.
• Demonstrate integrity, honesty, and cultural competency.

• Utilize and document interpreter/translation or other assisted communication services for patients with limited English proficiency, disability or impediment.
• Verbal and written proficiency in English.
• Navigate an electronic work environment, electronic health records, web‑based training, and electronic communications.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint) with moderate proficiency.
• Document detainee health care in the required electronic health record in the required format, timely and in compliance with policy.
• Knowledge of HIPAA/Privacy Act regulations regarding patient records and Personally Identifiable Information.
• Verbal and written proficiency in Spanish…