Registered Nurse 2 On Call- WCCW Job Gig Harbor area,Washington USA,Nursing

Registered Nurse 2‑ON CALL (RN2)

Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)

Gig Harbor, WA

Shift Details

On‑Call. Various work schedule expected. Shift differential: $2.50 per hour for evening and night shifts. Additional premiums: $1.00 for hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; $3.00 for hours from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight.

Responsibilities

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 IVs, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.

Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients.

Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
Provide accurate, authoritative information to groups or communities.

Actively participate in the Correctional Healthcare Team.

Function as a job coach and mentor during the on‑the‑job training phase of the new employee orientation; provide direction to the new employee, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete a written and/or verbal evaluation of job training when requested.
Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and WA DOC Health Care Plan.
Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC…