Registered Nurse

Pay Rate: $ 43.84 per hour + $2 per hour night shift differential Bonus: $5,000 bonus for Full-Time positions

Employment Type:

Full Time Shift

Schedule:

12-hour night shifts

We offer a variety of benefits designed to support your health, well-being, and work-life balance. Eligibility for certain benefits may depend on the number of hours worked per week and other factors. Some of our offerings include:

• Medical, vision, dental, and prescription drug benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Bereavement leave
• Civic duty and military leave
• 401(k) retirement plan

Make a difference in health care! Operated by the Management & Training Corporation, Otero County Processing Medical Center in Chaparral, New Mexico, provides a unique opportunity. Help us provide essential care where your expertise will directly impact the well-being of underserved individuals. If you’re committed to patient care, thrive in dynamic environments, and want to contribute to meaningful healthcare,

• Attend sick call with the physicians to see detainees; prepare examining room and equipment.
• Call the physician for medication and treatment orders and other emergencies.
• Operate pill call, administer medication and accurately and completely document treatment as required by applicable policies and procedures.
• Examine and assess detainees with illnesses or injuries or detainees who become ill or injured; confer with physician to refer detainees to the emergency room as required by their condition and document in medical record or other forms as appropriate.
• Maintain clean work area; use or direct the use of appropriate sanitation methods.
• Practice basic cost containment and utilization management for patient care and facility operations.
• Maintain absolute security and confidentiality of all medical records; observe applicable HIPAA rules.
• Review medical files to determine all provided services are documented.
• Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses.
• Comply with all applicable pharmacy laws, especially those covering controlled substances.
• Observe and record detainee behavior, assess and triage with appropriate documentation.
• Inspect medical unit for items that could be used as contraband by detainees; securely store or safely dispose of supplies and equipment.
• Control medication, syringes, or other medical supplies.
• Perform work on an on-call basis, as required.
• Provide health counseling and health education on an individual or group basis, as required.
• Prepare and maintain narrative, statistical, summary, and operational records, reports, and logs.
• Assist corporate counsel with responses to detainee lawsuits.
• Attend scheduled staff meetings, promote communications and flow of relevant information in the medical unit.
• Facilitate, where applicable, NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO accreditation of the medical program by providing the required level of efficiency and approved, appropriate medical services.
• Prepare and disseminate safety and accident reports as required by policies and procedures; take appropriate action in cases of serious and unusual incidents and emergencies.
• Properly chart medical care.
• Initiate and complete investigations and inquiries with accuracy, as directed, gather information and evidence, interview and obtain the statements; exercise independent judgment by determining when probable cause exists to recommend disciplinary action.
• Perform rescue functions for accidents, emergencies, and disasters to include administering basic emergency medical aid, physically removing people away from dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from confined areas.
• Interpret an extensive variety of…