Licensed Practical Nurse - MCC

Overview

Licensed Practical Nurse 4
Monroe Correctional Complex
Monroe, WA

Monthly salary: $5,892.00-$7,930.00

Schedule: 6:00AM-2:30PM ) Saturday-Wednesday (Thurs/Fri off)

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN4) for the Monroe Correctional Complex located in Monroe, Washington.

Under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Licensed Practical Nurse 4 supports the Department’s mission to improve public safety by assisting in the implementation of the nursing process and delivering services to promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjustment of various health conditions.

Monroe Correctional Complex is one of our larger facilities handling a patient population with many diverse health care needs. Monroe Correctional Complex is our only facility that takes care of dialysis patients in house.

• 26 bed in patient unit
• Treatment of chronic disease such as HEP C, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, Alzheimer dementia and COPD
• Outpatient clinics see 15-20 patients per day

The mission of the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives'. For additional information visit our website .gov.

Application assessment will be ongoing; the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It’s the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions.

Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code:

• Monitor and collect specific data, as directed, about the health status, clinical condition, or situation of individuals, families, groups, and communities by interview, observation, inspection, and examination. Report the results of the data collection to the Registered Nurse.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in developing nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
• Contribute to the development of the plan of nursing care including identification of approaches, time frames, and the pathways for the delivery of health care. Assist the Registered Nurse in prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Carry out the plan of care by performing common therapeutic nursing interventions, informing other about the urgency, time, and methods to deliver health care on and off site. Determine when needs for care or services are beyond the LPN scope of practice, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention. Take action as necessary to obtain direction from the Registered Nurse and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in analysis and evaluation of the structure, process and time frames for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Assist the Registered Nurse to 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 and assign responsibility for patient care to other Licensed Practical Nurses 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.
• Supervise the staff to whom functions have been delegated and report the outcomes of delegated nursing tasks to the Registered Nurse or other supervising health care provider.
• Supervise and assign tasks to subordinate staff on the nursing team.

Self-evaluate and practice professional nursing conduct at all times:

• Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
• Using established methods, brief appropriate personnel on pertinent information, before departing from duty, to…