Advanced Practice Provider - Traveler

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Loyal Source is looking for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to travel for employment opportunities in El Paso, Texas.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants form the core of the provider team. Although there are some differences in the professions, NPs and PAs work together with the same expectations for core clinical care. The mission is comprehensive and the unique detention environment requires APPs to have a broad clinical background. 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 health care provided is governed by predetermined policy and established detention standards. All APPs provide health care under the scope of a collaborative practice and prescriptive authority agreement with a physician.

Pay: $64.88/hr + Weekly per diem and housing

• Physician Assistant – Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program located in a State, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. Must be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC–PA) or one of its predecessors. The degree‑issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Nurse Practitioner – Graduate from an accredited Family Nurse Practitioner program located in a State, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. The degree‑issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• One‑year full‑time equivalent of experience in primary care as a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Clinical experience must be current and within the past five years.
• Experience in a detention, correctional or residential healthcare setting (preferred, not required).
• For Family Residential Centers
• One‑year full‑time equivalent of experience in primary care as a licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with proficiency providing care to women and pediatric patients of all ages.
• Clinical experience must be current and within the past five years.

• Must have and maintain an unrestricted, current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license in the state in which the duty station is located. Any changes to license must be reported to employer immediately.
• Must have and maintain national certification as nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
• Physician Assistant – Must have and maintain certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Nurse Practitioner – Must have and maintain board certification as Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (AANC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
• Must have and maintain unrestricted license to prescribe controlled medications from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in the state in which the duty station is located.
• Must have and maintain one of the following certifications:
  Basic Life Support for health care providers through the American Heart Association®, CPR for the professional rescuer through the American Red Cross or the American Safety and Health Institute.
• This position requires credentialing and a signed collaborative practice and prescriptive authority agreement with a physician.

• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with patients, co‑workers, and stakeholders in a multidisciplinary, multicultural, and multi‑lingual environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changes in schedules and work requirements.
• Strong organizational, problem‑solving, and…