REGISTERED NURSE

REGISTERED NURSE

Correctional nursing! The best kept secret in the nursing profession! Isn't it time to find the kind of opportunity that truly challenges you to use the skills you've worked so hard to build? Allow the County of Greenville to help! Greenville County Department of Public Safety is seeking Registered Nurses (RN's) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN's) to join our healthcare team. In this position, you will play a key role in the evaluation and implementation of healthcare for inmate patients at the Greenville County Detention Center. If you are a skilled Nurse with maturity, flexibility, critical thinking skills and confidence in nursing judgments; this is the position for you! We ensure our employees a stable career, competitive benefits and a diversified range of employment. In return our Nurses initiate and provide comprehensive nursing care in a correctional setting while observing and maintaining the requirements of operational security. As a part of a well-established agency with a great deal of diversification, you can expect to be presented daily with a range of different challenges. Some of your responsibilities may include, but are certainly not limited to: Assisting physicians & advanced care providers with sick call by screening patients and assisting with minor surgical procedures; maintaining security and ensuring that prescribed medications are administered as ordered using formulary; making observation rounds on patients and recording in progress notes; evaluating symptoms, reactions and progress of patients on periodic basis, charting; and reporting problems to management. Destroying and properly disposing of all needles/syringes; maintaining compliance with industry and company policies; documenting detainee/inmate contacts; coordinating Chronic Disease Clinic scheduling. In return for your valued work and professional dedication, you will receive a competitive compensation package that includes the following benefits: State Retirement eligibility: Medical, Dental and Vision coverage; Term life insurance (includes spouse and dependents); Short-and long term disability; Flexible spending account; Uniform allowance; 401(k) options; Tuition reimbursement; Paid time off. Vacation time increases with tenure, initially 12 days per week; sick time 12-days per year; 11 paid holidays; Direct deposit. RN and LPN require that applicants must possess and maintain: An Associate's or Bachelor's degree graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN candidates are eligible for additional compensation. BSN not required. License to practice as Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse in South Carolina. Basic Cardiac Life Support. Maintain a current copy of license on file at the facility at all times; ability to provide the following services; crisis intervention, medical emergencies, physical assessment, medical nursing care and psychiatric nursing care; ability to perform nursing diagnosis and appropriate follow through treatment without direct supervision.