Registered Nurse 2 On Call- WCCW

Registered Nurse 2- ON CALL (RN2)

Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)

Gig Harbor, WA

Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) team to make a real difference in the lives of others and to find personal fulfillment in your role. DOC is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Registered Nurse (RN) for On-Call positions at Washington Correction Center for Women in Gig Harbor WA. This posting may be used to fill other vacancies that occur during this posting period.

Shift: On
- Call
- Various work schedule expected.

Washington Correction Center for Women is our Women's prison in the State of Washington. This facility cares for all disease that women could have from IV drug users to those with HEP C and mental health issues. Additionally, they also take care of pregnant women, the women will not often look for care in the community, so they show up with some times complex and interesting needs.

• Inpatient unit is a 14 bed unit.
• Outpatient Clinic can see up to 120 patients a day.
• Chronic disease clinics are run for different disease (diabetics, hypertension etc.)

Registered Nurses will receive shift differential in the amount of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour for evening shift and night shift work. Employees may also qualify for one or both of these supplemental shift premiums in addition to the above.

A.
One dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.

B.
Three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight.

• Be available to work all shifts (day, swing and graveyard) including weekends and holidays.
• To qualify for benefits upon hire, you must be willing to work 10 shifts a month.
• Provide written availability by the 10th of each month for the following month's coverage.
• Be willing to complete a paid three-week correctional worker core training M-F from 8 to 4:30 pm.

• Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code.
• Assess, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
• Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved because of nursing intervention.
• Plan the delivery of health care, defining time frames and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, time frames, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention. Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and time frames for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Revise the plan of care as necessary.
• In accordance with the intent and provisions of established policies, practices, and procedures, employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift, and carry loads.
• Delegate and assign tasks to other staff as appropriate
• Delegate responsibility for patient care to other nurse and assistive nursing personnel after considering the needs, condition, and stability of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
• Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the results of patient care assigned to other personnel.
• Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
• Make nursing assessments and initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
• Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with incarcerated individuals, their families, other health care personnel, custody, and other institutional personnel.
• Protect the confidentiality of health records.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care.
• Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem-oriented health care record.
• Legibly document clinical findings, the rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
• Provide competent nursing services
• Assess the subjective and objective symptoms of patient's medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
• Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IV's, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
• Establish…