Registered Nurse

Job Description
This position is contingent on contract award.

Provide on‑site nursing services within the facility health services program, including initial medical screening, support for comprehensive health assessments, daily sick call support, medication administration, emergency response, patient documentation, continuity‑of‑care support, and culturally competent, trauma‑informed care for patients in accordance with community standards of care, applicable detention standards, facility policies, and state licensure and credentialing requirements.

• Perform on‑site nursing functions within current state licensure, certification, credentialing, facility policies, and accepted standards of care.
• Perform or support initial medical screening within 12 hours of patient arrival, including tuberculosis screening, collection of medical history, vital signs, and pregnancy screening when applicable, and elevate positive findings to a qualified licensed practitioner within required timelines.
• Support comprehensive health assessments within the required intake time frames using required screening and assessment tools or approved equivalents.
• Solicit, triage, and document patient requests for health care daily through the required written accountability process and health record documentation workflow.
• Provide nursing support for infectious disease screening and treatment, emergent, urgent, acute, chronic, and emergency care, treatment of minor injuries, and care for patients with special medical needs.
• Administer prescribed medications and injections within role authorization, facility capability, and provider direction, including oral, topical, intramuscular, and subcutaneous medications.
• Support limited intravenous fluid and intravenous medication administration where available within facility capability and role authorization.
• Perform or support simple wound care and dressing changes, screening tests, blood glucose monitoring, urinalysis, pregnancy testing, routine electrocardiograms, basic vision and hearing screening, immunizations, health education, and counseling within role authorization and facility capability.
• Respond to medical emergencies, provide initial stabilization, support transfer to a higher level of care when required, and complete related documentation and referral actions within required time frames.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential patient documentation in the Electronic Health Record and other required medical records systems.
• Support continuity of care for transfers, releases, and removals by ensuring current medications, precautions, and other required clinical information are documented and communicated in accordance with facility processes and provider direction.
• Follow infectious disease prevention, isolation, co‑horting, quarantine, and reporting requirements established by public health authorities and facility guidance.
• Use professional interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation resources to support accurate, timely, and effective communication with patients.
• Deliver care in a culturally competent and trauma‑informed manner.
• Participate in quality improvement, risk management, emergency preparedness, and required training activities.
• Comply with patient privacy, protected health information, electronic records security, and access control requirements.
• Complete required organizational compliance education, including assigned requirements that are client‑specified, for Joint Commission Healthcare Staffing Services certification or other regulatory bodies.

This list is non‑exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above.

• Must have and maintain an unrestricted and current license as a Registered Nurse issued by the state of Texas or have the ability to obtain one.
• Certified Correctional Health Professional, Certified Correctional Health Professional – Registered Nurse, or Certified Corrections Nurse credential is preferred.
• Experience in a detention/correctional healthcare setting preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.