Nurse Practitioner; Statewide Part

Nurse Practitioner (Statewide) Part- or Full-time opportunities

We are seeking healthcare professionals committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care in a correctional health setting. This role offers the opportunity to serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system—an often underserved and medically vulnerable population—while helping address health disparities and improve community health outcomes.

Our care model is collaborative and team-oriented, with physicians working closely alongside nurses, behavioral health clinicians, and other healthcare professionals to deliver coordinated, comprehensive care. This position offers meaningful, mission-driven work and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the health and well-being of a vulnerable population.

As the primary care provider, you will develop and implement comprehensive patient treatment plans, manage infections, sprains, and uncomplicated fractures, suture wounds not involving major vessels, nerves or tendons, and recommend appropriate food supplements and OTC medications, as well as prescribe antibiotics and other authorized drugs. Cases beyond your diagnostic or therapeutic scope will be referred to physicians or specialists per established protocols.

Collaboration within a network of medical professionals inside and outside of the Department of Corrections is a key aspect of the role. This includes maintaining open lines of communication, sharing critical patient information, and participating in interdisciplinary case discussions. This approach supports seamless transition of patients between settings, promotes effective follow-up and strengthens overall patient outcomes.

• A current Nurse Practitioner’s license (APRN‑NP) (FNP) and Registered Nurse license issued by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.

• Advanced primary care principles, methods and evidence‑based clinical guidelines.
• Standards of professional nurse practitioner practice, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and clinical decision‑making.
• Management of chronic and acute health conditions commonly encountered in correctional health (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, respiratory disease, infectious disease, substance use disorders and behavioral health conditions).
• Trauma‑informed care, patient confidentiality requirements and ethical considerations specific to correctional health services.

• Performing comprehensive physical assessments, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and formulating differential diagnoses.
• Delivering patient‑centered, trauma‑informed primary care within a secure and fast‑paced clinical environment.
• Responding effectively to urgent and emergent medical situations, including coordination with custody staff and emergency medical services.
• Exercising clinical judgment, prioritizing competing demands and making appropriate referrals to specialty, mental health or higher‑level care.
• Documenting clinical encounters accurately and efficiently using an electronic health record system.
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team to support continuity of care and population‑based health initiatives.

• 4.75% for BSN
• 9.5% for MSN
• 5% for Lead Worker
• 7.5% for NP first board certification
• 2.5% for NP second board certification
• 5% for bilingual
• Swing shift – $3.92/hour
• Night shift – $5/hour
• Weekend shift – $5/hour
• Biannual allowance for professional health care attire and footwear
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

• Family health, vision and dental insurance
• Vacation, sick leave and 11 paid holidays
• 21 days paid military leave for National Guard and reserve components
• Optional short and long‑term disability
• Term life insurance
• Fully paid retirement program
• Oregon Savings Growth Plan
• Flexible spending accounts for health and childcare
• And more

This position is located inside a prison facility and works in close contact with adults in custody. The purpose of this job is primary care and medical management of the adults in custody, including examination, diagnosis, treatment and specialized procedures within scope of practice, with referral to a physician as needed. Treatment is provided in a setting that ranges from ambulatory or clinic care to infirmary or the Specialist Management Unit.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran or protected veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Jessica Roberts – Jessica.

A.Robertsgon.gov

Kelli Ketchum – Kelli.

L.Ketchumgon.gov

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