About this opportunity
STGi lists this NP / Nurse Practitioner / Pennsylvania / Permanent / Nurse Practitioner - IHSC Job opportunity in leesport, Pennsylvania. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
STG International is accepting resumes of qualified candidates for the Nurse Practitioner position to work full-time providing health care to detainees in custody in support of ICE Health Service Corps at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Medical Facility. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:1. Provides direct care to patients within discipline Scope of Practice and performs functions inaccordance with current accepted practice, licensure, certification, credentialing and or grantedprivileges.2. Provides treatment of persons throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline andfacility setting.3. May be expected to respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies.4. Functions independently to perform age appropriate history and physicals for acute, chronicand complex medical conditions.5. Performs physical examinations, to include but not limited to gynecologic exams, EKGs,and/or neurological exams on all ages as needed.6. Assess, treat and evaluate residents who represent with medical complaints during sick call,walk-ins and/or chronic care clinics.7. Provides emergency and First Aid treatment to include but not limited to suturing, whenrequired.8. Maintains safety when dispensing medications and is continually cognizant of the potentialhazard of drug hoarding and trafficking among detainees.9. Destroys and properly disposes of all sharps to include but not limited to needles andsyringes according to hazardous waste, infection control and safety guidance.10. Assists in the disposal of biologically hazardous wastes on a regular basis as needed.11. Collect blood, urine, sputum, culture specimens, etc. and performs laboratory analysis forearly detection of communicable and/or other contagious diseases.12. Orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic tests and provides necessarytreatment and/or medications as required.13. Initiate direct and indirect action to isolate and quarantine cases and provide health, safetyand treatment/management for all employees and residents at the facility whencontagious/communicable illnesses have been identified.14. Adheres to, and participates in, IHSCs Safety, Prevention, Infection and Control, QualityImprovement, Patient Education and other programs and collateral duties as appropriate toposition.15. Attends and participates in general/medical staff meetings.16. Other duties as assigned.
Worksite address
leesport, PA, 19533, US
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