Telehealth Primary Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging• Autonomy in a warm team environment• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including: • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it! • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching• Company paid life insurance• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

In collaboration with and under the supervision of the physician staff, the Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Primary Care Telehealth will assess inmate patients via the telemedicine platform to complete history and physical visits and sick call clinic. These scheduled visits will be supported by an onsite telehealth presenter (e.g., nurse, LPN, medical assistant) to assist with obtaining vital signs and using the peripheral telehealth devices (e.g., electronic stethoscope, digital examination camera). The NP/PA will coordinate the patient plan of care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in collaboration with the onsite healthcare team and in compliance with local policies and procedures and all agency, local, state, federal laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Be present on camera in professional attire and in a quiet, secure location that protects patient privacy and health information for all telehealth visits.
• Be on time for scheduled sick call and/or H&P clinics.
• Collaborate with onsite staff to prepare and conduct an efficient telehealth clinic.
• Provide clinically appropriate assessments and treatment plans that align with best practice.
• Provide patient and staff education on medical conditions and medications, as needed, with the goal to improve the understanding of the overall treatment plan.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Completion of a master’s program in nursing (NPs) or an accredited education program for PAs

Experience

• Minimum of one (1) year correctional healthcare experience preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted current license, certification, or registration in EACH state of practice - must maintain all certifications, educational requirements, licensing, etc.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.