Nurse Coordinator

Nurse Coordinator

Agency: 452 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERV.

Supervisory Organization:
Oklahoma Forensic Center

Job Posting End Date:
Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date: (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time:
Full time

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: $40.86

Nursing Coordinator

Join a team that CARES! Here at ODMHSAS, we believe in I.C.A.R.E. - Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our mission is to promote healthy communities and provide the highest quality care to enhance the well‑being of all Oklahomans. We take that very seriously - because we care!

About us:

The Oklahoma Forensic Center (OFC) located in Vinita, OK is a 24hour/ 365 day secure inpatient forensic facility that provides jail competency services for the State of Oklahoma. Currently, OFC has 268 beds for consumers who have been found incompetent for adjudication or adjudicated as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.

Here at the Oklahoma Forensic Center the Nursing department is looking for a Nurse Coordinator who would assist in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the psychiatric nursing programs. The Nurse Coordinator has twenty‑four hour responsibility for the nursing component of the facility.

Open/Close dates : 7 / 16 /202 5 - 7/23/2026

Full-time

Hourly payrate: $40.86

Shift differentials when applicable

Primary Working Hours are: 6:30am-3:00pm

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Primary Work Location/Department:
Oklahoma Forensic Center, Vinita, Ok
- Nursing Department

Vacancies: 1

• Education and experience requirements at this level consist of possession of a valid permanent Oklahoma license as a registered nurse as approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, or Registered Nurse License recognized by the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact ( eNLC ) and four years of professional nursing experience, two years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity and one additional year of professional nursing experience in a managerial or consultative capacity or providing consultation and educational services in a specialized field or program plus two additional years of professional nursing experience in an administrative capacity;
  
  or a bachelor's degree in nursing and three years of professional nursing experience, two years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity and one additional year of professional nursing experience in a managerial or consultative capacity or providing consultation and educational services in a specialized field or program plus two additional years of professional nursing experience in an administrative capacity;
  
  or a master's degree and two years of professional nursing experience in a supervisory capacity and one additional year of professional nursing experience in a managerial or consultative capacity or providing consultation and educational services in a specialized field or program plus two additional years of professional nursing experience in an administrative capacity.

• Applicant must be able to pass an OSBI background check.
• Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill any job‑related travel normally associated with this position and as such have a valid driver's license.
• Upon a conditional offer of employment, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services applicants must submit to a physical examination and shall meet the physical examination requirements of occasionally lifting/carrying 50 pounds and able to push and pull a maximum force of 25 pounds.

• Generous state paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums
• A wide choice of health insurance plans with no pre‑existing condition exclusions or limitations
• Flexible spending accounts for health care expenses or dependent care
• Employee assistance programs and health and fitness programs
• 11 paid holidays
• 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave the first year
• Retirement Savings Plan with a generous match
• Longevity Bonus for years of service
• Student Loan repayment options
• Training opportunities for CEU requirements
• Drug and Alcohol Pre‑employment and Pre‑placement Testing:
  Upon a conditional offer of employment, applicants for safety sensitive positions shall be required to submit to urinalysis to test for drugs. Appointment to a safety sensitive position shall be contingent upon a negative drug test result.