Local Contract Registered Nurse - Correctional - $50 per hour

Equiliem is seeking a local contract nurse Correctional for a local contract nursing job in Newark, New Jersey.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Correctional
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 20 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type: Local Contract

• Provides direct and indirect nursing care to meet physiological, psychosocial and emotional needs of the resident-patient including adolescents (13–17 years), adults (18 to 64 years) and their family within the framework established by the correctional system.
• Performs assessments of resident-patient in a variety of settings such as initial intake area, health care unit for sick call, emergency situations in housing, chronic care clinics and infirmary.
• Works with a variety of health care professionals and security officers in a correctional environment.
• Identifies inmate-centered goals and nursing objectives and implements prescribed interventions and solutions for the identified problems.
• Plans nursing care by identification of resident-patient needs based on assessments. Makes appropriate, timely referrals and initiates appropriate nursing care based on institutional policies and procedures.
• As team leader or charge nurse, delegates duties to other health care team members based on their skill, knowledge and experience and guides the provision of care by others.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.

• License to practice in the State of New Jersey.
• CPR Certification required.
• Valid Driver's License is required. Must possess own vehicle or alternative means of transportation from one site to another.

• Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) or its equivalent preferred.

• As a first responder, must have the physical capacity to perform CPR for at least 10 minutes.
• Physically able to lift and carry upstairs an emergency treatment bag that can weigh up to 45 pounds.
• Able to assist in lifting and rotating patients who are unable to ambulate (up to 50 pounds).