Nursing Assistant - Correctional Health Services

NURSING ASSISTANT - CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES

Salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

This recruitment is being held to establish an Open Eligible List to fill current and future Nursing Assistant vacancies within Health Care Agency, Correctional Health Services. The eligible list established may also be used to fill similar classifications throughout the County.

County of Orange Health Care Agency (HCA) is a dynamic organization dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that promotes the achievement of optimal individual, family and community health. Under the direction of the Agency Director, a new and dynamic executive team committed to meeting the health needs of the diverse Orange County community.

Correctional Health Services (CHS) is comprised of two separate entities: one for adult inmates and the other for juveniles. The Adult CHS program provides medical, dental, nursing, infection control, health education, and pharmaceutical services at a community standard of care and offers mental health services, including 24‑hour emergency triage and crisis intervention, suicide prevention, treatment beds, individual and group therapy, substance use counseling, medication assessment, and discharge planning to all adult inmates in the county's five correctional facilities.

The Juvenile Health Services program has two clinics – Juvenile Hall Health Clinic and Orangewood Family Health Clinic.

The Nursing Assistant (NA) will provide patient care under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), who works on a rotating schedule, covering 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The NA will also have a rotating schedule including every other weekend coverage. The NA will assist the RN in ensuring all patient care meets Title 15 regulations.

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Assisting Registered and Vocational Nurses with daily tasks, such as collecting patient laboratory swabs, urine and stool specimens, blood glucose testing, performing wound care and dressing changes
• Preparing inmate patients for examination by taking vital signs, recording height/weight measurements, assisting with pregnancy screening, and other data collection as needed
• Preparing sick call lists and reviewing health records prior to nursing clinics
• Assisting patients with daily living activities including eating, bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Assisting RN with routine sick calls
• Assisting with intake and screening of new jail bookings
• Cleaning and stocking treatment areas
• Preparing for nursing health clinic visit and sick call within the jail facility, including preparing patient assignment list, preparing patients for off‑site visits and court hearings, completing required Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) paperwork (J112/J105 Forms)
• Performing clerical tasks such as filing, organizing, and maintaining patient health records and medical applications, answering phone calls
• Being able to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds to carry man down bag while ascending or descending stairs or to transfer/turn patients

The ideal candidate will have experience providing patient care in a hospital, nursing home, or correctional health setting. Although not required, a Nursing Assistant certification (CNA Certificate) is highly desired.

• Collecting routine laboratory specimens, including but not limited to urine collection, blood glucose testing, laboratory swabs, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) lab screening
• Wound care and dressing changes
• Obtaining and documenting patient vital signs, height, and weight
• Assisting patients with daily living activities such as eating, bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Perform or assist with lifting and moving patients, equipment, and supplies
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines to protect client’s confidential and sensitive healthcare information
• Electronic Health…