Employer: Advanced Correctional Healthcare
Job Title: Registered Nurse – Days Location: Springfield, IL
Additional Information: https://www.nursingnetwork.com/nursing-jobs/774371-registered-nurse-part-time-days
Job Location: Sangamon County Jail - Springfield, IL Salary Range: $40.00 - $45.00 Hourly Job Shift: 12- Hour 7a-7p
Description
SUMMARY:
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Timely and accurately assess, plan, and deliver nursing care to patients
- Contact practitioner to obtain orders
- Administer prescribed medication, treatments and other tasks as ordered by the practitioner
- Provide emergency first aid care, when appropriate
- Check and record vital signs, peak flows, blood glucose checks, weight, and other diagnostic tests on-site, when appropriate
- Triage officer intake screenings for necessity and priority at sick call
- Collect and record data for statistical reporting on the CQI
- Record information in chronic clinic and outcome study documents as indicated
- Report reactions to treatments and medications, as well as changes in the patients’ emotional or physical condition
- Provide patient education on topics such as correctional facility’s policies and discharge planning
- Record care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
- Collaborate and coordinate multiple medical services for diagnosis and treatment, as directed by the practitioner
- Maintain aseptic techniques and infection control precautions as required
- Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of pharmacology, including drug reaction/overdose
- Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of therapeutic diets and nutrition
- Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of social and behavioral sciences, particularly as applied to the correctional institutional setting
- Recommend improved procedures, equipment, and supplies to your supervisor
- Notify supervisor of medical or security incidents
- Present/participate in in-service education sessions
- Perform duties within the scope of practice mandated by state and local standards
- Maintain patient confidentiality and HIPAA practices as required by government agencies
- Oversee and delegate duties as expected and allowed under the RN scope of practice
- May be directed to cover shifts at multiple correctional facilities
- May be asked to act as a back-up to the H.S.A/Site Manager
- May be asked to train new hires and coworkers
- Any and all other duties as assigned
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Active nursing license in the state in which services are to be provided, in good standing
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training
- Excellent documentation skills
- Knowledge of the RN scope of practice
