Job Description
Currently recruiting an Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) in Jena, LA to coordinate complex clinical operations at a facility that houses individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The core scope of practice includes but is not limited to: family practice, including family units and office-based procedures;urgent and emergency care, behavioral health care, infectious disease and public health management, case management, and gender-specific care, including transgender care and management of pregnancy;All heath care provided to ICE detainees is governed by IHSC policy and established detention standards. All IHSC APPs provide health care under the scope of a collaborative practice and prescriptive authority agreement with a physician. DUTIES OF THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER: Adheres to the IHSC Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Collaborative Practice and Prescriptive Authority Agreement (CP/PAA). Works as part of an integrated health care team to provide acute, emergent, and chronic health care to patients in compliance with IHSC policy and guidance and accreditation standards as prescribed by ICE/IHSC. Performs comprehensive history and physical evaluations, behavioral health care, and minor outpatient surgical procedures for detainees as required by the medical condition. Demonstrates appropriate application of clinical knowledge within documented treatment plans, prescriptions, and provides treatment throughout the life span as appropriate to discipline and facility setting. Demonstrates appropriate application of clinical knowledge within documented lab/diagnostic ordering and interpretation, medication prescribing practices, referrals to consultants, follow-up after hospitalization or consultation. Participates in and complies with court ordered treatment plans to include evaluation and treatment of patients with psychiatri