Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Psych, Jail Health Services

Pay 63.11 - 88.83 / hour

Location Seattle/Washington

Employment type

Other

Req#: 3927364 Jail Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners are responsible for integrating knowledge and data from may scientific frameworks to provide holistic psychiatric care to individuals as part of a health care team for Jail Health Services at King County Correctional Facility Downtown as well as Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. This position provides psychiatric health care to clients on an independent basis.

This classification is distinguished from other nursing classifications in that the incumbent is responsible for medical management of psychiatric health conditions including prescribing and dispensing medications.


Commitment To Equity and Social Justice:
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

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This posting will be used to fill all needs.
Work Location:The primary work locations are at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.

Work Schedule: Career Service positions are flexible from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 at King County Correctional Facilities, Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. The work days and hours may vary with team coverage of weekday day, evening shifts, weekend, holiday day shifts and is overtime eligible.

Contact: For information about this opportunity please email Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager tis

Examples of Duties:
• Performance of a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, that includes the patient’s current psychiatric problem(s), history psychiatric care, psychiatric review of systems, a mental status exam, diagnosis, prescription of medications and other treatments, client education and referrals for other services.
• Obtain health history through client/caregiver interview and chart review. Assess presenting illness and risk factors, family health history, review of systems, psychosocial/developmental histories, and cultural information.
• Recognize common medical conditions and complaints to identify and separate from psychiatric diagnoses.
• Perform appropriate physical examination and assessment.
• Order or perform appropriate diagnostic and screening tests and collect additional data for evaluation of illness/wellness.
• Develop differential diagnosis and risk identification through assessment and interpretation of data.
• Complete documentation in the electronic health record in a timely manner.
• Respond to medical or psychiatric emergencies as part of the Jail healthcare team.
• Participate in after hours on call coverage.
• Perform assessment and treatment of psychiatric emergencies, such as acute alcohol withdrawal, delirium, and catatonia.
• Participate in the preparation of documents necessary for the transfer of a client to outside agencies, such as Designated County Responders, or a transfer to an outside medical facility.
• Participate in the…