Registered Nurse - SCI Mahanoy

Start the next chapter of your Nursing Career! The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - SCI Mahanoy is actively seeking devoted and passionate Registered Nurses. As a Corrections’ Nurse, you will enjoy working with experienced auxiliary staff and will have excellent managerial support. At the Department of Corrections, we work together as a dedicated team where collaboration and communication are integral.

This role provides nursing care and treatment services to individuals with mental or physical injury or illness, dysfunctional behavior, and a developmental disability in a correctional setting. You will work with considerable independence while collaborating with the corrections health care administrator, nurse supervisor, and physician to deliver quality service. As a Registered Nurse, you will perform the following duties:

• Nursing Care Plans:
  Implement assigned care plans by checking vital signs, performing treatments, using restorative techniques and activities of daily living, and reinforcing patient education to ensure quality service
• Medication Administration:
  Administer oral, intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous medications under clinician orders and in accordance with state law and facility policies and procedures
• Clinic Support:
  Assist physicians during physical examinations and in general, chronic care, and specialty clinics while administering treatments, immunizations, tuberculin testing, and screenings
• Emergency Response:
  Perform assessments and provide emergency care, including first aid, CPR, and AED, then refer to a CRNP, physician assistant, physician, or local hospital emergency room
• Records and Reporting:
  Document care in the electronic health record, prepare transfer or release reports, complete daily and monthly reports, and maintain controlled substance and narcotics records
• Shift Communication:
  Receive and provide shift reports to ensure continuity of care and communicate urgent information to the Shift Commander, custody staff, and CHCA during medical emergencies or operational issues

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• The Department of Corrections is staffed by three work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• 1st shift (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM), 2nd shift (2:00 PM to 10:30 PM), and 3rd shift (10:00 PM to 6:30 AM)
• Your work schedule is to be determined.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $88,130.00 (before taxes).

• This position requires active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• If you are within 60 days of graduating from a school of nursing approved by the State Board of Nursing, you are eligible to apply for this job posting. At the time of appointment to a position, you must show proof of possession of a current, valid PA temporary practice permit or PA Registered Nurse license.
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.