CDOC Mid-level Provider​/Advanced Level Practitioner STERLING

CDOC Mid-level Provider/Advanced Level Practitioner (STERLING)

State of Colorado - Sterling, CO

Salary: $ - $

The Colorado Department of Corrections mission is to build a career that makes a difference and builds greater public confidence in good government. Professionals support state government and citizens of Colorado, focusing on customer service and redesigning delivery of services to make state government more effective and efficient.

• Perform physical examinations and obtain detailed histories on assigned patients.
• Assess and treat acute and chronic medical problems, providing direct patient care to the specified inmate population.
• Prescribe medications from the CDOC formulary using applicable guidelines and policies.
• Conduct sick call, emergency treatment, or chronic care clinic as assigned.
• Make rounds in an infirmary or skilled nursing care setting.
• Diagnose and treat medical conditions and disorders within scope of practice.
• Order laboratory tests and other diagnostic testing pertinent to the medical care of offenders.
• Perform minor medical procedures such as suturing lacerations, incision and drainage of abscesses, excision of cysts, application of splints and casts, and removal of toenails.
• Provide emergency medical coverage to offenders, including basic life support and lifesaving procedures.
• Assess dental and mental health emergencies and refer appropriately.
• Assist in pre‑and post‑operative care.
• Perform offender health record reviews.
• Review laboratory, x‑ray and EKG results and intervene medically as indicated.
• Perform venipuncture and other related lab tests.
• Follow CDOC clinical services standards, protocols, guidelines, or policies.
• Provide initial emergency medical treatment for facility staff.
• Travel to other correctional facilities to assist during staffing crises.
• Communicate with outside providers and internal peers to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborate with health‑care professionals, clinical services staff regarding offender health issues, transfers, classifications and medical‑legal concerns.
• Participate in decision‑making committees and develop policies, protocols, standards or guidelines.
• Identify and update “medical holds” and housing and work restrictions electronically.
• Provide formal and informal medical training for coworkers, offender classes, and training academy presentations.
• Provide offender education and develop educational materials.
• Participate in restraining an offender primarily for medical reasons.
• Perform shifts with on‑call duties such as weekends, evenings, nights, and holidays.
• Conduct clinical research related to specific operations.

• Current, valid licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse / Nurse Practitioner from the Colorado Board of Nursing, or valid licensure as a Physician Assistant from the Colorado Medical Board.
• Full prescriptive authority (RXN) issued by the state of Colorado (DORA) and the DEA.

• Experience providing medical care to an incarcerated population.
• Experience providing medical care in an infirmary or skilled nursing center.
• Experience providing emergency medical coverage performing basic life support and lifesaving measures.
• Experience managing chronic medical conditions as an APN/NP.

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system.
• Strong, secure retirement benefits including a PERA‑defined benefit plan or PERA‑defined contribution plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans.
• Medical and dental health plans.
• Short- and long‑term disability coverage.
• Paid life insurance.
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave.
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities.

Multiple positions located in Sterling, CO. Position covers service within 30 miles of the state border and is exempt from residency requirements.

All applicants must submit a complete application through the State of Colorado system. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be included in a comparative analysis that may include suitability screening, assessments, oral and written performance evaluations. Use of AI tools…