Registered Nurse; PRN : Coffeewood Correctional Center

Overview

Title: Registered Nurse PRN :
Coffeewood Correctional Center

State Role

Title:

Registered Nurses

Hiring Range: $47.00 /hr.

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Corr - Central Admin

Location: Coffeewood Correctional Center

Agency Website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Provide nursing care within adult institutions by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating institutional patients per the standards of practice.

• Standard of care is achieved through a multitude of services to include 24-hour nursing care, telemedicine, chronic care clinics, sick call screenings/triage, medication administration, patient education, and basic life supporting/emergency care.
• Document all pertinent information into the health record while practicing confidentiality and interfacing with other departments on an as-needed basis.
• Registered Nurses possess the ability to delegate tasks/workload and work hours, days, and locations as assigned.
• Registered Nurses are capable and available to provide coverage as needed to meet institutional needs.
• To provide evidence-based nursing care and promote continued competence through education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.
• Assignments to other duties or locations may be necessary to meet the clinical and administrative needs of the Department.
• This is a wage position limited to working no more than 1,500 hours per agency during the 12 month period of May 1 – April 30, regardless of the hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1 of the following year. All wage employees are limited to working no more than 29 hours per week on average over the 12-month period.
  
  This wage position offers no state benefits.

• Possess and maintain valid unrestricted Virginia RN license (if you are a recent graduate of a nursing program in VA and not yet licensed, NCLEX-RN Exam must be scheduled at time of application)
• Certified Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers with current certification through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) is required upon hire

• Experience in a correctional setting

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

If selected as a finalist with the VADOC, candidates can expect the following:

• Background Investigation Requirements:
  All applicants are subject to a background investigation. Investigations may include fingerprint checks (State Police, FBI); local agency checks; employment verification; verification of education (relevant to employment); credit checks; and other checks based on the position.
• Drug Testing Requirements:
  Applicants applying to a designated safety sensitive position are subject to a pre-employment drug screen. Marijuana use is prohibited for positions that require possession of a firearm or a Commercial Driver’s License in the performance of official duties such as Corrections Officers, Probation Officers, Tractor Trailer Drivers and others.
• Application Requirements:
  Application and/or résumé for this position are only accepted electronically through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Electronic Recruitment System. All applications should be submitted by 11:55pm on the closing date for the position. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from the electronic application and/or résumé.
• Layoff Preferences:
  Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé.
• VADOC is an EEO employer and is committed to supporting workforce diversity, equitable opportunities and inclusivity. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
• VADOC values our Veterans and encourages all to apply and receive…