The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible and accountable for evaluating and treating inmates upon referral and acts as a consultant to the nursing staff.

• Order appropriate diagnostic tests and procedures to effectively diagnose and treat the inmate’s health condition

• Draw blood specimens for testing and performing other comparable procedures when personnel that customarily perform these procedures are not available

• Initiate referrals to other members of the health care team, monitor the schedule of patients for special tests

• Counsel inmates on preventative care, medical problems, and use of prescribed treatment

• Perform routine wound care, minor debridement, and dressing changes

• Generally assess inmate’s medical status and assist the assigned physician with inmate management as required

• Establish individualized treatment plans and insure the continuity of care for inmates requiring on-going health care services.