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Functioning under general supervision, the Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber is an advanced professional nurse who is responsible for the provision of comprehensive care to well and ill incarcerated adult and adolescent populations. The practitioner demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in providing preventive and primary care in the correctional setting. This practitioner educates inmates to promote wellness, prevent health problems, maintain current health, and intervene in acute and chronic illness.  This practitioner will function independently in managing the direct and indirect care of incarcerated individuals in collaboration with all disciplines employed or practicing at the institutional Health Services Unit.  The practitioner will participate in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of care and education programs and protocols used by the health care staff to meet the needs of incarcerated individuals who exhibit health problems across the continuum from prevention to complex medical and/or psychiatric conditions.

Special Notes:   

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in the United States (i.e., a citizen or national of the U.S., a lawful permanent resident, an alien authorized to work in the U.S. without DOC sponsorship) at the time of application. The Department of Corrections will conduct criminal background checks on applicants prior to selection. Upon hire, all new DOC employees are subject to fingerprinting.

The Department of Corrections may conduct pre-employment drug screens. Any applicant who is offered employment in a position which requires a pre-employment drug screen must pass the screen as a contingency to employment. Applicants who fail or refuse the drug screen will not be given further consideration for employment.

For more information about healthcare careers with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, please click here.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

Applicants must have a current Wisconsin licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber or be eligible to obtain licensure by time of appointment. For more information regarding licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber, please click HERE

Qualifications:   

Qualified applicants will have training or experience:

• Providing preventive services, care of episodic illness and injury, emergency care, and manage stable chronic illness in a team relationship.


• Applying nursing theory, nursing process, and nursing standards of care.


• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.


• Working in an independent setting under general supervision.


• Maintaining a helpful and understanding attitude towards individuals exhibiting hostile or other negative behavioral traits.


• Applying knowledge of physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic health problems.


• Working with a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural population.

How To Apply:   

Interested applicants will apply on-line via Wisc.Jobs. Click on “Log In” to access your existing Wisc.Jobs account, complete a Job Search for keyword 18-00795, and click on “Apply Now”. Applicants new to Wisc.Jobs will need to create a new account to complete an initial application and then apply on-line. You will be sent an e-mail by the system confirming that the assessment process has been completed. This information will also appear in your Wisc.Jobs job cart.

Application materials will be accepted on a continuous basis. All candidates determined to be eligible will be placed on a register for 6 months and will be invited to interview for vacant positions as they occur.

Permanent classified state employees who are eligible for consideration (transfer, voluntary demotion, or former employees as a reinstatement) must complete the application process in order to be considered.