Nurse Practitioner - Correctional Urgent Care
Company: CoreCivic
Location: Dilley
Posted on: July 10, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description CoreCivic is seeking a Nurse Practitioner
Correctional Urgent Care for a job in Dilley, Texas. Job
Description & Requirements - Specialty: Urgent Care - Discipline:
Nurse Practitioner - Duration: Ongoing - Employment Type: Staff
$100,000-$175,000 per year At Corecivic, we do more than manage
inmates, we care for people. Corecivic is currently seeking
Advanced Registered Nurses who have a passion for providing the
highest quality care in an institutional setting. The Advanced
Registered Nurse Practitioner under the supervision of the facility
physician, provides advanced nursing services and patient care in
the facility’s medical program to inmates/residents. The successful
applicant should be able to perform ALL of the following functions
at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job
performance requirements. - Provide comprehensive nursing care to
include, but not limited to, executing physician's orders,
dispensing, and administering medications and performing
examinations and treatment of patients; perform a variety of
procedures and treatments. - Order, interpret and evaluate
diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's clinical problems
and health care needs. - Record physical findings, formulate
prognosis based on patient's condition, and discuss case with
physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive
patient care plan. - Recommend drugs and other forms of treatment
within the scope of licensure. - Monitor inmate/resident inpatient
hospitalizations and ensure early release whenever appropriate. -
Verify the cleanliness of equipment and work area through own
efforts and supervision. - Assist with monitoring he provision of
all required contractual services. - Maintain a good working
relationship with facility staff, nursing staff, contract providers
and outside provider agencies. - Utilize established corporate,
facility and correctional policies and procedures in making
decisions, but use sound independent judgment in meeting the
responsibilities and performing the duties of the position. -
Regularly evaluate the provision of medical services to prevent the
inappropriate use or duplication of those services. - Maintain
absolute security and confidentiality of all medical records.
Review medical files to determine all provided services are
documented. - Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses.
- Recommend methods of improving operational efficiency and cost
effectiveness of health-related services. - Audit pharmacy use for
adherence to formulary, as directed or required. - Comply with all
applicable pharmacy laws, especially those covering controlled
substances. - Observe and record inmate/resident behavior. - Accept
on call status. - Provide health counseling and health education on
individual or group basis, as required. - Read, analyze,
comprehend, and interpret medical and technical procedures,
governmental regulations, legal and non-legal documents, including
the processing of such documents as medical instructions,
commitment orders, summons and other legal writs. - Review, process
and respond (via corporate counsel) to lawsuits; attend court
hearings, when necessary; conduct research of charts; review status
of inmates/residents with serious health problems for completion of
all necessary intervention and treatment. - Communicate effectively
and coherently to administration, staff, inmates/residents,
visitors and the general public, particularly in situations
requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness, firmness and
good judgment. - Attend scheduled staff meetings, promote
communications and the proper flow of relevant information in the
medical unit. - Participate in multi-disciplinary committee
meetings to promote and monitor quality of healthcare services. -
Engage in functions in confined areas including working rotating
shifts and physically checking the doors windows and other areas to
verify they are secure. - Evaluate and recommend physical safety
requirements necessary to provide a safe working environment for
both patients and staff. - Facilitate, where applicable,
NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO accreditation of the medical program by providing
the required level of efficiency and approved, appropriate medical
services. - Prepare and disseminate safety and accident reports as
required by policies and procedures; take appropriate action in
cases of serious and unusual incidents and emergencies. - Comply
with the requirements of applicable regulations, laws, rules,
procedures, policies, standards and/or contract. - Perform rescue
functions at accidents, emergencies and disasters to include
administering basic emergency medical aid. - Establish and maintain
effective working relations with others and handle difficult
interpersonal contacts. - Be aware that verbal abuse may be present
with the hostile views and opinions of inmates/residents and others
encountered in an antagonistic environment. - Take appropriate
action to prevent or diffuse potentially disruptive situations. -
Properly chart medical care. - Define problems, collect data,
establish facts and draw valid conclusions. - Add, subtract,
multiply and divide using whole numbers, common fractions and
decimals; apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and
proportions to practical situations. - Interpret an extensive
variety of medical and technical instructions in the form of
handwritten text, correspondence, policies, regulations,
procedures, reports, directions for forms completion and other
simple or complex documents. - Remain alert at all times and react
quickly, efficiently and calmly in emergency and other high stress
situations. Qualifications: - Graduate from an accredited college
or university’s nursing program with a degree and possess a current
licensure and/or certification as an Advanced Registered Nurse
Practitioner with training in family practice in the state of
employment. - One year of professional nursing experience required.
- A valid driver's license is required. - Minimum age requirement:
Must be at least 18 years of age. Corecivic is a Drug-Free
Workplace & EOE including Disability/Veteran. CoreCivic Job ID
req27781. Posted job title: Nurse Practitioner Urgent Care
Correctional About CoreCivic CoreCivic is a diversified,
government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed
to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways. We
provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that
serve the public good through high-quality corrections and
detention management, innovative and cost-saving real estate
solutions, and a growing network of residential and non-residential
alternatives to incarceration to help address America's recidivism
crisis. Benefits - Holiday Pay - 401k retirement plan - Medical
benefits - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Life insurance
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