Licensed Practical Nurse - CBCC

Licensed Practical Nurse 4

Clallam Bay Correctional Center Clallam Bay, Washington

Monthly salary: $5,892.00-$7,930.00

Schedule:

2:00PM-10:00PM ) Friday-Tuesday (Wed/Thurs off)

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN4) for the Clallam Bay Corrections Center located in Clallam Bay, Washington.

Under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Licensed Practical Nurse 4 supports the department's mission to improve public safety by assisting in the implementation of the nursing process and delivering services to promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjustment to various health conditions.

At the Clallam Bay Corrections Center we value our nurses and understand how important they are to our patients and their families. Additionally, we offer a great benefit package along with opportunity for professional and personal growth. CBCC has an operating capacity of 858 male individuals located on the point of the Olympic Peninsula. Located in Clallam Bay, WA. It is 50 miles west of Port Angeles and looks out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Vancouver Island.

Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical 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.

A. One dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.

B. Three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight.

** PLEASE NOTE/TRAVEL INFO:
We have limited Vanpool incentives available to DOC employees who are eligible for the Clallam Transit Vanpool program commuting to Clallam Bay Corrections Center or the Olympic Corrections Center. Please be sure to ask for vanpool availability and details on how to sign up!!**

A COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKET WILL INCLUDE:

• A detailed resume
• A cover letter
• Three professional references

The mission of the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives'. For additional information visit our website .gov.

Application assessment will be ongoing; the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It's the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions.

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

• Monitor and collect specific data, as directed, about the health status, clinical condition, or situation of individuals, families, groups, and communities by interview, observation, inspection, and examination. Report the results of the data collection to the Registered Nurse.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in developing nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
• Contribute to the development of the plan of nursing care including identification of approaches, time frames, and the pathways for the delivery of health care. Assist the Registered Nurse in prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Carry out the plan of care by performing common therapeutic nursing interventions, informing other about the urgency, time, and methods to deliver health care on and off site. Determine when needs for care or services are beyond the LPN scope of practice, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention. Take action as necessary to obtain direction from the Registered Nurse and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in analysis and evaluation of the structure, process and time frames for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Assist the Registered Nurse to revise the plan of care as necessary.
• In accordance with the intent and provisions of established policies, practices, and procedures, employ appropriate safety techniques…