Nurse Practitioner
Physicians Dialysis · physiciansdialysis.com
Lake Butler
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Nurse practitioner care.
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Details
- Found
- 23 d ago · posted 2026-07-02
- Location as listed
- Lake Butler, FL, US
- Role
- Nurse Practitioner
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Medical Director and Co-Medical Director, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) ensures the healthcare of incarcerated patients undergoing dialysis treatment within a correctional facility. The NP functions within established professional boundaries to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care from assessment through evaluation, under the continuous supervision of a qualified physician. This includes both in-facility dialysis care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across various treatment settings, including outpatient, home dialysis, and skilled nursing/rehabilitation environments.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage a clinical caseload of ESRD and pre-ESRD patients within correctional, home dialysis, and nursing home/rehab settings.
• Perform accurate comprehensive history-taking, diagnosis, subjective findings, physical assessments, and treatment planning.
• Ensure timely follow up in Electronic Health Records Systems to comply with billing, clinical, and department of corrections goals
• Deliver high standards of care using advanced autonomous clinical judgment and a broad theoretical knowledge base.
• Prescribe safe and appropriate medications in accordance with the Florida Board of Nursing and applicable laws.
• Exhibit excellent communication and written skills, must be detail oriented and be able to multitask effectively.
• Monitor dialysis patients in partnership with nephrologists and facility staff, ensuring appropriate interventions are implemented.
• Educate patients on disease processes, dialysis management, lifestyle modifications, and wellness promotion.
• Collaborate with other healthcare providers, including correctional medical staff and social workers, to ensure continuity of care.
• Refer patients to external services or specialists when medically indicated.
• Contribute to the development of new services and patient education programs, such as a Pre-ESRD Education Program.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and help maintain compliance with regulatory and correctional standards.
• Lead and support the dialysis nursing team to ensure the best practices and high standards of care
• Demonstrate clear knowledge of Physicians' Dialysis procedures and protocols
• Must be sensitive to the diverse patient populations
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Education/Experience/Qualification:
• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited school.
• Current RN License, active Nurse Practitioner certificate, and furnishing number.
• Experience in dialysis or nephrology is strongly preferred; correctional healthcare experience is a plus.
• Current CPR certification, ACLS preferred
• Current DEA license or eligibility
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Established leadership skills
3x a month
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