County Correctional Healthcare: Advanced Practice Provider

MetroHealth's Division of Correctional Medicine seeks a night shift Advanced Practice Provider for the Cuyahoga County Jail. There is a wide range of presentations in the jail necessitating broad knowledge and experience in general and urgent care medicine. The patient population is medically diverse and rewarding.

If you have a passion for caring for the underserved and appreciate the challenge of the setting, where presentations can mask deeper medical problems with great need, we want you.

The MetroHealth System offers a competitive compensation package, health insurance, paid time off, CME opportunities, and an impressive pension program with a generous employer match through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

Nurse Practitioner required credentials:

• Graduate of an accredited DNP or MSN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse program
• Current RN and APRN license in the state of Ohio
• Board Certification as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in specialty.
• Current BLS
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth

Maintains a standard care arrangement with physician and renews as required by the Ohio Board of Nursing

Physician Assistant required credentials:

• Graduate of an accredited Doctoral or MS Physician Assistant program.
• Current PA licensure in the State of Ohio.
• Board Certification as a Physician Assistant from NCCP
• Current BLS
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtains within first year of practice
• Meets the requirements/qualifications for medical staff clinical privileges in the specialty/department within MetroHealth

Maintains a supervision agreement with physician and renews as required by the Ohio Board of Medicine

APPs at MetroHealth are afforded voting membership within the medical staff. We offer a competitive compensation package, health insurance, paid time off, liability insurance, CME allowance, malpractice coverage, and an impressive pension program with a generous employer match through the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

As a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, you will have several opportunities to consider. However, few will offer you the personal and professional satisfaction and the opportunity to work in an academic, community integrated medical system that is leading the way to a healthier community through service, teaching, discovery, and teamwork. We have exceptional clinicians with extraordinary hearts, and we are looking for more to join us.

The MetroHealth System is an essential health system committed to providing health care to everyone in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and improving the health of the community overall. Its 7,500 employees deliver care to everyone at its main campus, just west of downtown Cleveland.

MetroHealth is an integrated health system with an acute care hospital housing a Level I Adult Trauma and Burn Center with full trauma surgical teams ready around the clock, a skilled nursing facility, and more than 27 locations throughout Cuyahoga County and Medina County with more on the way. Annually, we handle more than one million patient visits including more than 100,000 in the Emergency Department, one of the busiest in the country. That’s an average of 274 Emergency Department visits per day.