Nurse Practitioner PRN JJYS

Job Summary

Join a driven team of clinicians making a real difference in the lives of underserved youth across Utah. The University of Utah College of Nursing's Practice and Community Collaboration division is seeking a nurse practitioner to deliver comprehensive healthcare at the Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) Washington County Youth Center—a rural clinic serving one of Utah's most medically underserved and historically overlooked populations.

This role offers autonomy, mentorship, and meaningful work with opportunities for telehealth coverage across the state.

• Perform a comprehensive physical examination to identify normal and abnormal changes associated with health, injury, or disease states.
• Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic procedures and tests, as indicated by the history and physical examination, for acute and common primary care conditions.
• Develop differential diagnoses on the basis of clinical and laboratory data.
• Differential common primary care problems and other deviations from normal. Recognize emergency situations and initiate emergency care/triage.
• Provide for general health needs of patients, including health promotion, maintenance, and restoration. Initiate health promotion and disease prevention strategies that consider the individual's age, developmental status, disability, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
• Provide individualized client teaching and counseling in respect to current identified problem, disease states and social/cultural situation.
• Comply with medical records policies regarding the complete and accurate documentation of patient care. Initiate and maintain required records and legal documents.
• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Function as preceptor for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah. Licensure is obtained by completing a Master's degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master's degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certification which requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.

Certification in ACLS/BLS/NRP/ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria. Utah State prescriptive privileges. UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non‑physician providers apply for credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.

Must be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy, with limited exemptions for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations. Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined.

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.