Clinical Resource Nurse-Correctional Health

Job Summary

Job Number: 180226,

Job Title:

Clinical Resource Nurse-Correctional Health - 25K Retention Bonus, Salary: $ - $

The Clinical Resource Nurse (CRN) assesses, plans, develops, implements, and evaluates education activities, competency validation, clinical care, programs, and initiatives for the assigned department/units. The CRN demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills, effective teaching/education skills, and supports system-level nursing clinical and education nursing initiatives. The CRN provides leadership within the department including quality improvement activities, supports effective human resources management, and supports resource accountability.

The CRN exemplifies professionalism and promotes a customer-friendly environment by utilizing Service FIRST behaviors in interactions with patients, families, and staff members. The CRN facilitates an environment that cultivates exemplary patient care. As a member of the nursing leadership team, the CRN establishes a setting supporting professional nursing practice and empowers nurses to provide safe, effective, compassionate, and efficient nursing care in collaboration with all health care disciplines.

The CRN facilitates enculturation of the Correctional Health Nursing Professional Practice Model (NPPM), its goals, and achievement of targeted outcomes at the unit level. The CRN supports compliance with standards established by professional nursing organizations; national, state, and local regulatory agencies and institutional policies and procedures. The CRN holds high standards of integrity and ethical behavior, mentors others, role models professionalism, and participates in activities such as nursing organizations, nursing research, and the community.

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing with a Master's degree in Nursing or related healthcare field is required.
• Licensed to practice nursing in the State of Texas.
• Related specialty certification or certification as a nursing professional development specialist (NPD-BC) required within two years of employment.
• Basic Life Support from a hospital-based American Heart Association (AHA) approved program.
• Other certificates as required by unit/service.
• Five (5) years of work experience in related clinical area of practice is required.
• Two (years) related clinical/leadership experience is required.
• Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact), Exceptional Verbal (e.g., Public Speaking), Writing/Correspondence, Writing/Reports.

• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  Analytical, Design, Medical Terms, Research, Statistical.

• Weekends.
• Holidays.
• Flexible.
• On Call.