Nurses
What It’s Like
Correctional nursing provides a rewarding career in an emerging specialized field that encompasses ambulatory care, health education, urgent care, infirmary care and specialty and chronic care clinics. Every Corizon Health nurse has an opportunity to make a difference whether they are or are not practicing in a corrections facility.
- Every day is a new day — Because the majority of our patient population generally has not had consistent access to healthcare prior to their incarceration, our nurses have the opportunity to see and care for an interesting variety of health concerns, from minor ailments to major and atypical conditions. Corizon Health nurses have the opportunity to influence change, including the opportunity to play an active role in educating patients about their health and helping them achieve wellness goals. Along with helping patients, Corizon Health nurses are playing a key role in developing and shaping the growing specialty of correctional healthcare.
- Corizon Health nurses can chart their own future - Correctional healthcare is an expanding industry. There are new jobs and new opportunities every day, allowing for unlimited career potential with the specialized knowledge our nurses possess. Best of all, Corizon Health has a long history of promoting from within and provides excellent management training to nurses who want to move into nursling leadership and management positions.
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Nurses
Path and Training
Corizon Health understands the vital role nursing plays in the correctional healthcare setting. Nurses are the eyes and ears of the program providing care around the clock on a daily basis. It is imperative that each nurse is properly selected, trained (initially and continually), and provided supervision and leadership during their daily activities.
Our Nursing Department works with other Corizon Health departments to ensure sufficient and qualified nursing staff is in place to deliver services in each our contracted facilities. We believe the process of ensuring our nurses’ qualifications begins at the time of recruitment and interviews. Efforts are made at hire to provide sufficient information about correctional nursing to ensure the candidate fully understands the working environment in which they will be working and that they have the proper credentials and clinical experience to be successful within our organization. We are fully aware that ineffective hiring practices result in increased turnover of nursing staff, which affects the performance of the clinical program at the involved facility.
The Corizon Health nurse training program begins with the on-boarding process. The program focuses on the core competencies and skills necessary for success as a correctional nurse. Through our New Employee Orientation II (NEO II) program, nurses are presented important information regarding their role in the correctional healthcare program and how to be successful in their new role.
To ensure each member of our nursing staff has the basic competencies required in a corrections environment, twelve (12) core competencies have been identified by our nursing leadership. As a result, skills verification forms were developed by Clinical Education and Training. Annually, each RN or LPN must physically demonstrate his or her ability to appropriately carry out each of the twelve competencies and have that demonstration verified in writing by a subject matter expert (DON or designee). This documentation is maintained in the employee’s training file and is sent to Corizon’s Senior Manager, Clinical Education and Training for centralized tracking.
In addition to initial orientation, each nurse is provided ongoing educational opportunities through a program planned and coordinated between the Corizon Health Nursing and Training Departments.
Training is developed based on the current body of nursing knowledge and information gathered through our Quality Improvement and Sentinel Event Programs. Corizon Health believes it is imperative that nursing leadership at each of our contracted sites be aware of nurse performance and clinical decision-making based on a review of their work through our Quality Improvement Program. This review quickly identifies performance needs as well as areas of best practice that can be shared with others at the facility.
Monthly continuing education materials are mandatory and provided for each nurse with topics focused on clinical issues commonly encountered in their daily work activities and those areas where focus is needed. Corizon Health’s Clinical Education Council is accredited by the California Board of Nursing as an Approved Provider of Nursing Continuing Education programs.
On-site nurse managers receive training materials that can be used in daily encounters with staff through planned training sessions or as a part of staff meetings. These materials focus on emergency response situations and patient safety topics. Each nurse is also required to complete annual training on topics such as suicide prevention, employee safety, medication administration, narcotic control, infection control, HIPAA and corporate compliance and ethics.
Corizon Health’s comprehensive monthly continuing education program allows nursing and practitioner staff to accrue CE contact hours toward re-licensing requirements at no charge. All Corizon Health staff are able to use the program to accrue training hours for accreditation requirements with no out-of-pocket expense.
The program is tracked at the corporate level to verify participation.
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Physicians
What It’s Like
Corizon Health is an enthusiastic supporter of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). PCMH is an innovative, practitioner-led, team-based model of primary care delivery designed to improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes. Corizon Health has particular strength in many areas emphasized by PCMH:
- Population Health: Healthcare is constitutional right for the incarcerated, and prison inmates constitute a stable base for population based practice. Practitioners know their patients personally and patients know their practitioner. Practitioners can exercise more control over their patients’ diet, medication compliance and environment than can their colleagues in outside communities.
- Practice Organization: Corizon Health exercises financial discipline and builds relationships between support staff, clinical staff and clients. Inpatient days, ER runs, outpatient referrals and prescriptive practice are collected centrally and reported to practitioners to help them improve practice management. Telemedicine is used extensively to bring specialty care to inmate patients.
- Health Information Systems: Corizon Health uses the electronic health record in many of its contracts, but health informatics goes beyond the medical record. The company automates business and clinical processes and provides 24/7 IT Help Desk that can correct many remote access issues. In addition, many clinical decision support tools are delivered electronically.
- Quality Care: Corizon Health provides a structured way to gather and analyze clinical data to improve health outcomes. InGauge, a database containing both administrative and clinical data can be used to query such things as drug costs and laboratory results. Data about prescriptive practice and compliance with HEDIS measures are collected , analyzed and benchmarked to improve clinical care.
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Physicians
Path and Training
Corizon Health has established industry standards in practitioner orientation and training. Our Practitioner/Dentist On-boarding Program is specific to a number of leadership positions as well as full-time and part-time positions. Corizon Health’s on-boarding program goals are in accordance with the mission of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Innovation:
- Better healthcare by improving all aspects of patient care, including Safety, Effectiveness, Patient-Centeredness, Timeliness, Efficiency, and Equity (the domains of quality in patient care as defined by the Institute of Medicine).
- Better health by encouraging healthier lifestyles in the entire population, including increased physical activity, better nutrition, avoidance of behavioral risks, and wider use of preventive care.
- Lower costs through improvement by promoting preventative medicine, improved coordination of healthcare services, and by reducing waste and inefficiencies. These efforts will reduce the national cost of healthcare and lower out-of-pocket expenses for all Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries.
Through the Practitioner On-boarding Program, Corizon Health aspires to develop staff into advocates for Correctional Medicine. Everyone becomes a mentor - but the practitioner cannot become a mentor until she or he has been a mentored. As part of our on-boarding program, we have a 3-stage program to provide training and education of our practitioners to assure their best opportunity for success at the facility.
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Dentists
What It's Like
Correctional dentistry provides the supportive work environment that lets you “just be a dentist.”
- Correctional model takes the pain out of dentistry - The unique working environment of correctional dentistry offers dentists the opportunity to maintain a steady practice with little or no economic burden. That means you enjoy a steady patient load and stable work, without worrying about the patient’s ability to pay and without traditional administrative headaches, such as collecting insurance payments. You also enjoy regular office hours, without being on call or providing the after-hours emergency responses often required in private practice.
- Team approach means supportive, high-quality practice environment - At Corizon, dentistry is performed as part of a medical team that treats the whole patient, with complementary services available on site, including radiology, general medicine and nursing. This ensures the opportunity to interact with specialists and other medical support staff when needed, while providing continuity of care, including confirmation of patient treatment and scheduled follow-up treatment.
- You can do the right thing - Correctional dentistry provides a vital service for people who otherwise could not afford or have access to quality dental care. In fact, our dental care is the first dental service some incarcerated individuals have received in years, so work is routinely met with great appreciation.
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Dentists
Path and Training
- Staff Dentist
- Corizon’s correctional dentists see patients across a wide age range and with varying dental challenges. With a virtually unending patient base, our dentists are constantly growing in clinical skill. Our simple approach to correctional dentistry allows you to simply practice your skill.
- For dentists seeking managerial roles inside Corizon, we employ several Regional Dental Directors. They are in charge of providing oversight of dental care throughout our networks. This position requires PIP (Provider Information Program) Training along with excellent administrative and clinical skills.
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
What It’s Like
Behavioral Health in the correctional environment offers a fulfilling, rewarding career path for psychiatrists, psychologists, and behavioral health professionals. With advances in technology and integrated healthcare models, correctional behavioral healthcare has evolved into what many say is a sophisticated practice with remarkable advantages for the practitioner.
- You will find that behavioral health services are a top priority at Corizon Health - Because the demand for high-quality, cost-effective correctional behavioral health services is higher than ever, there is an increasing number of career opportunities available within this vital sector of correctional healthcare. Our behavioral health professionals give incarcerated individuals the opportunity to live a healthier, more productive life with appropriate treatment programs for the variety of behavioral health conditions.
- You will enjoy a challenging and unique work environment - Corizon Health behavioral health professionals are bringing the most effective community-based behavioral healthcare services into the nation’s prisons and jails, putting you at the forefront of developments in your field. And you will have the opportunity to provide a full spectrum of services, from crisis stabilization to release planning.
- You will be part of a team approach that treats the whole person - Corizon Health’s team-based approach addresses inmates’ medical, behavioral health and security needs throughout his or her incarceration. This collaborative work environment, which includes the full spectrum of medical professionals and correctional staff, supports you in delivering successful care outcomes. Our behavioral health professionals deliver a vital public service by linking released inmates with ongoing behavioral healthcare in their communities to reduce the chance of recidivism.
- You will have access to the latest technology - Corizon Health embraces the use of telemedicine to provide behavioral health services, thanks to the demonstrated success and efficacy of this new technology. As an integral part of our telemedicine initiatives, participating Corizon Health behavioral health leaders gain professional enrichment, and, when available, the opportunity for hands-on participation in this exciting new approach to behavioral healthcare.
- Your work environment will be personally rewarding - Your career growth and professional development can be enhanced with training programs, including correctional healthcare certification and the use of innovative technology to enhance the quality and efficiency of care. And Corizon Health behavioral health professionals are compensated with a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Path and Training
The Corizon Behavioral Health Clinical Education Council (BHCEC) facilitates the development of all Corizon Health behavioral healthcare staff through quality clinical education programs with a corrections-based focus. The BHCEC offers an innovative annual curriculum to update employee’s skills, keep them abreast of new findings in the field of behavioral health, and assist with re-licensure requirements.
The Corizon BHCEC works in partnership with the sites to identify the specific behavioral health education and training needs for correctional behavioral health staff. As a rule, information is reviewed during the fourth quarter of the year for the coming year’s program. This information is shared with the members of the BHCEC and a clinical training program is developed.
Differentiation is made between development of in-service education programs and continuing education programs. Once the material has been approved by the Director of Behavioral Health, the module is released to the company for distribution.
In-service education programs are documented and tracked at the site level. Some in-service education is released with the specific purpose of proving system-wide exposure to the training topic.
Specialized training in behavioral healthcare delivery in corrections is often difficult to procure. The BHCEC produces at least six continuing education units on behavioral health specific to corrections each year. These CE modules are distributed to the staff in order to provide ongoing educational opportunities. Corizon Health’s Evidence-Based Training and Resource Manual includes a wide range of evidence based training modules as well as tools and resources for behavioral health staff.
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MANAGEMENT
What It’s Like
With the dynamic growth of both Corizon Health and the correctional healthcare industry, we offer a variety of site, regional and corporate management job opportunities.
- Enjoy career growth - Corizon Health puts a high priority on filling management positions internally. In fact, 80% of our Operations Directors were promoted from within the Company. Often, they served as Health Service Administrators (HSA), who are responsible for the on-site delivery of comprehensive contract services, including personnel selection/retention, budgeting, client relations and coordinating care with internal and external resources.
- Enjoy a positive work environment with a good balance of autonomy and support - As a manager, you will have decision-making latitude to make a real difference in the lives of patients and the people who work for you. At the same time, Corizon Health has the systems and processes in place to ensure support is never more than a phone call away.
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MANAGEMENT
Path and Training
Corizon Health offers extensive training programs to prepare our managers for success in the correctional environment. These include:
- B.A.S.I.C. Management Training Program, 40 hours of instructor-led classes at our Corporate office on topics including Leadership Development, Human Resources, and Clinical Processes, all taught by experts in their fields and offering the chance to brainstorm solutions for the real-life challenges encountered in our unique medical units.
- 8 hours of technical training, via WebEx, for the computerized data, personnel and patient tracking systems used at Corizon Health
- On-the-job training and mentoring to assist in the transition to managerial positions.
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CORPORATE
What It’s Like
As the nation’s leading correctional healthcare provider, Corizon Health offers a wide variety of ancillary, administrative and other jobs to support our healthcare professionals in the field. Positions at our corporate office include everything from accounting, information technology, and human resources, to sales and marketing. These employees serve as the backbone of our operations, with responsibility for staffing and supporting our more than 550 facilities nationwide.
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NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
What It’s Like
- A rewarding experience. Corizon Health’s nurse practitioners and physician assistants experience professional satisfaction and accomplishment. You serve a group of patients who have no other opportunity to receive care.
- A test of your skill and the challenge to grow. Our NPs and PAs provide all levels of healthcare – health assessments, evaluations, treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions, health maintenance and education.
- You will see stimulating pathology - Corizon Health providers value the daily diversity and challenges of correctional healthcare. They enjoy the opportunity to work with a medical team that encounters a vast array of pathology every day. Because many of our patients have had limited prior access to healthcare services, you will see a wide variety of medical conditions — everything from routine patient presentations to unusual cases, often referenced only in medical textbooks or journals.
- The best of both worlds. Practice primary care with a public/community health service flavor. There are no barriers to hinder you from providing care and seeing the outcome over time.
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NURSE PRACTITIONER AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Path and Training
The advantages of working in correctional healthcare as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant are vast and varied. Here, your focus is on providing top-quality care. There are no obstacles in the way of that focus, and our entire team is dedicated to that singular goal. You also have a better opportunity to provide follow-up care and ongoing monitoring than in other fields.
In addition, you become part of an integrative team of healthcare providers. You work side by side with the other practitioners, so you help create the larger picture of each patient’s health.
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LOCUM TENENS
What is locum tenens?
Locum tenens is Latin and means "to substitute for." A physician in a locum tenens appointment takes the place of another physician during an extended absence. However, the understanding is that the appointment is temporary, locum assignments can vary from one day to over a year.
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LOCUM TENENS
Why do physicians choose to work locum tenens?
- Provides the opportunity to sample different practices in other areas of the country before making a long-term commitment.
- Locum tenens is the choice of many seasoned physicians who no longer want the hassles of a running a private practice but are not yet ready to retire.
- Many new physicians choose Locum Tenens assignments while in the process of building a private practice.
- Supplemental income.
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LOCUM TENENS
What will be my compensation as a Locum Tenens Physician?
- As a Corizon Health locum tenens provider you will work as an independent contractor. There is a great deal of variance in the compensation based on the specific medical specialty as well as the location of each job.
- At Corizon Health we take into consideration your travel, lodging, licensing and malpractice insurance costs and since there is no middle man (outside agencies) we are able to pay a very competitive fee for your services. The real benefit to working as a locum tenens provider is you get all the flexibility you need working where and when you want, and working as an independent contractor you may also qualify for additional tax considerations.
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LOCUM TENENS
Requirements
The basic requirements for a locum tenens appointment are: U.S. residency training; eligibility to work in the United States; one or more medical practice licenses in good standing and active federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration. You will also be asked to complete a Corizon Health locum tenens application and provide current credentialing information.
How do you get started?
If you are ready to experience the many rewards of working as a Corizon Health locum tenens provider please email your CV to Locumtenens@Corizonhealth.com or call 800-222-8215 ext. 9539 or ext. 9541.
You’re just a few steps away from the exciting and flexible lifestyle of a locum tenens physician!
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LOCUM TENENS
How do you get started?
If you are ready to experience the many rewards of working as a Corizon Health locum tenens provider please email your CV to Locumtenens@Corizonhealth.com or call 800-222-8215 ext. 9539 or ext. 9541.
You’re just a few steps away from the exciting and flexible lifestyle of a locum tenens physician!
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OTHER HEALTHCARE ROLES
Non-Nursing/BH Field Positions
- Inventory Coordinator
- Administrative Assistant
- Medical Records Clerk
- Certified Medication Aide
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Radiology Technician
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- Medical Assistant
- Office Assistant
- Data Coordinator
- EMT – Emergency Medical Technician
- Respiratory Therapist
- Scheduler
- Qualified Medical Aide
- Clerk
- Dental Assistant
- Lab Technician
- Phlebotomist
- Secretary
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