RN Corrections Registered Nurse

Overview

Registered Nurse for a facility that houses individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florence, Arizona. Registered Nurses in this Health Services facility practice in a collaborative environment, providing ambulatory, emergency, mental health, and infirmary care.

• Full-time
• Must be flexible with days, nights and evenings

• Perform intake screening and physical exams to identify conditions requiring referral or treatment.
• Provide care for common acute problems via nursing guidelines.
• Complete nursing rounds for patients in infirmary care and segregated housing.

• Provide direct care to patients.
• Perform prescreening and intake screening of patients newly arrived at the facility.
• Use established intake tools for gathering subjective and objective data, referring abnormal findings or responses to a medical, dental, and/or behavioral health provider.
• Perform sick calls, assessing and treating acute problems.
• Refer patients to an NP/PA, physician, behavioral health provider, and/or dentist.
• Perform physical examinations.
• Provide clinical supervision to Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel.
• Administer medications as ordered (via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, ophthalmic, and other enteral and parenteral routes).
• Perform various treatments such as wound care, vital sign checks, electrocardiograms, etc., as ordered by a medical, dental, and behavioral health provider or registered nurse.
• Collect laboratory specimens and perform point-of-care testing or prepare specimens for laboratory processing. Take appropriate action on lab results received.
• Respond to medical emergencies and render emergency care to stabilize patients and prevent deterioration, and transfer patients to appropriate levels of care.
• May be required to participate in involuntary, court-ordered care.

• Current, full and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in Arizona or licensed in a compact state that allows practice in Arizona.
• Minimum one year experience as a licensed registered nurse in a hospital, medical office or residential setting.
• Experience in a detention/correctional or residential healthcare setting is preferred.
• Graduate from a nursing program accredited by The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing must possess a current, full, active and unrestricted registration to meet this requirement.

MDPerm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MDPerm does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

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