Registered Nurse 2 On-Call - WCC

Registered Nurse 2 On Call (RN2-OC)

The Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking highly motivated and qualified individuals to take on the dynamic role of on-call Registered Nurse for the Washington Corrections Center (WCC) located in Shelton, WA. Registered Nurses will receive shift differential in the amount of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour for evening shift and night shift work. Employees may also qualify for one or both of these supplemental shift premiums in addition to the above.

The Washington Corrections Center is our reception center where all those that are being assigned to DOC come for an initial evaluation and are then sent to other facilities for their care needs. This is a busy facility seeing patients for physicals and transfers. Washington Corrections Center has both inpatient and outpatient clinics that see numerous patients for different health needs and concerns.

If you've read this far, it is clear you have a desire to make a difference in public service. A completed application packet will include and IS

REQUIRED:

• A detailed resume.
• A cover letter regarding your interest and outlining your qualifications.
• Three professional references.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible.

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

• Assess, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
• Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
• Plan the delivery of health care, defining time frames and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, time frames, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention. Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and time frames for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. 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 responsibility for patient care to other nurse 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.
• Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
• Make nursing assessments; initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
• Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.

Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with offenders, their families, other health care personnel, custody, and other institutional personnel:

• Protect the confidentiality of health records.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care.
• Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem-oriented health care record.
• Legibly document clinical findings, the rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.

Respond to health care emergencies throughout the facility and institution grounds:

• Provide emergency medical care including CPR, using triage format, to individual offenders, staff, visitors, and members of the community.

Provide competent nursing services:

• Assess the subjective and objective symptoms of patient's medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
• Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IV's, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.

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

• Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
• Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.

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