The Job Duties of the Nurse Practitioner are:

• Responsible for providing guidance to members of a multidisciplinary team, with a variety of backgrounds

in correctional healthcare including nursing, mental health, utilization management, and administration

• Ensure the team’s alignment with the overall strategy, providing guidance, support and training to team

members

• Developing a monitoring program and providing oversight of CQI studies, consistent with ADJC policies

and procedures and National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC) Standards

• Will be a physician assistant with an active license. In addition to administrative duties, the job will include

evaluating and treating juvenile patients at Adobe Mountain School

• After-hours on-call duties are part of the job requirements. The overall time spent on clinical duties will

vary from week to week but will comprise approximately 30% of the Nurse Practitioner’s total work hours

• The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for communicating regularly with ADJC

Medical Director or designee through in-person meetings, virtual meetings and email. This includes status
updates on CQI study development and progression, including any challenges encountered

• Also provides recommendations on updates to existing clinical practice guidelines and policies and

procedures as assigned by the ADJC Medical Director or Designee

• The Nurse Practitioner performs other duties as assigned by the ADJC Medical

Director or designee

Knowledge of:

• Principles and practices of correctional health care management and supervision as set forth by the United

States Constitution and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care

• Personnel and administrative procedures
• Federal laws and State laws relative to licensed and/or certified health care staff, as well as general staff
• Procedures analysis and policy development
• Laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to the administration of inmate medical, mental

health and dental care

• Action plan development
• Principles and practices of quality assurance
• Project planning development and implementation strategies
• Principles of fiscal management including a budget, procurement and outside contracting
• Computer skill in Microsoft Suite, Google Suite and the Department standardized databases

Skill in:

• Verbal and written communication
• Organization and time management
• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships as applied to internal and external officials,

managers and representatives

• Data analysis and problem solving
• Delegation leadership
• Motivation/Mentoring
• Counseling and interviewing
• Synthesizing and presenting information in support of project objectives
• Interpreting contractual language

Ability to:

• Work with a diverse group of professionals

• Make sound decisions, taking into consideration all available information
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of medical, mental health and dental programs
• Study and analyze policies, procedures, contracts, and reports and recommend effective/efficient means of

implementing goals and objectives

• Compose correspondence and reports
• Multi-task and meet deadlines
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external entities
• Compile information and reports
• Work in a secure care environment

The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability plans

• Top-ranked retirement and long-term disability plans
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years
• Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly
• Deferred Compensation Program
• Wellness Plans

The position participates in the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP).
CORP Tier 3 is a Defined Contribution, 401 (a) retirement plan:

• New members have the opportunity to define their contribution amount
• Employer contributes a dollar-for-dollar match equal to 5% of a member's salary
• Employees are fully vested after 3 years of service

Attention Current State of Arizona Employees: Please contact our Human Resources Office if you are in a
different retirement plan than the one indicated above.