RN - Correctional Health

Registered Nurse (RN)

This position involves direct care to offenders within a high-security correctional institution. Responsibilities include administering medication (oral, intramuscular, and intravenous) and monitoring patient medication compliance. The RN will perform treatments and assist with nurses' sick calls and doctors' sick calls. Responsibilities also include managing chronic care clinics and responding to emergencies, providing emergency care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The RN will perform subjective and objective assessments of patients, collect vital signs, and timely document all findings. Specimen collection, including urine and other bodily fluids, is required. The role includes preparing patients for release or transfer by reviewing and ensuring discharge medication orders are completed and forwarded to pharmacy services. Participation in work-related training and institutional training exercises is expected. Providing assistance to other healthcare staff, documenting areas of concern, and reviewing shift reports from preceding shifts are essential duties. The RN will assist physicians with medical procedures and assume duties of other nurses during absences. Counseling and educating patients about healthcare maintenance and disease prevention is part of the role. Participation in quality assurance activities and offering training and direction to new nursing staff is required. The RN serves as a resource for other healthcare and security staff regarding healthcare matters. There will be opportunities to lead in the absence of higher-level clinical authority staff and participate in group programming and health and wellness initiatives. Administrative duties include attending meetings, scheduling multidisciplinary team meetings, and making shift work assignments. Inventory management and ordering medical supplies are necessary responsibilities. Conducting oneself professionally and lawfully at all times is expected. Additional related duties may be assigned as needed.