Institution Registered Nurse (Wilsonville

Institution Registered Nurse (Wilsonville)

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility – Wilsonville, Oregon Oregon Department of Corrections We’re hiring! We need dedicated professionals to provide on-site care within our secure correctional facility medical units. Enjoy flexible scheduling, a manageable patient load, and the opportunity to truly follow the course of treatment without the pressures of billing or insurance. This is a rewarding role for those who value professional continuity of care and making a real difference.

The Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) is seeking Registered Nurses with a passion for caring for marginalized and underserved incarcerated individuals.

Enjoy flexible scheduling, a manageable patient load, and the opportunity to truly follow the course of treatment without the pressures of billing or insurance.

This is a rewarding role for those who value continuity of care, professional autonomy, and making a real difference.

The ODOC patient population is disproportionately affected by mental health needs, substance abuse needs, and many socioeconomic stressors and nursing staff are critical to the provision of evidence-based care to address these needs.

We are seeking knowledgeable, motivated, empathetic, and passionate Registered Nurses to deliver patient centered health care services, comprehensive patient health education, and serve as a health care advocate for our patients.

• Direct Patient Care:
  The provision of nursing care includes patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care planning, medication administration, laboratory/medical procedures, and treatment provision in accordance with ODOC policies, procedures, protocols, provider orders, and evidence-based standards of care.
• Coordination of Care:
  Coordinate patient's health care by scheduling services on-site and community-based services to ensure optimal patient health outcomes are achieved.
• Communication:
  Provide comprehensive patient education and serve as a resource for non-medical staff as it pertains to the provision of health care in the correctional setting. Advocate for patient care needs to ensure patient care needs are met in a timely manner and not adversely impacted by the correctional environment.
• Documentation:
  Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care. Document all requests for medical attention, objective data collected during patient care, treatment provided, evaluation of treatment effectiveness, and patient education provided.
• Administrative:
  Coordinate nursing care activities with services provided by other departments. Assume responsibility for the operations of the unit in the absence of management staff. Evaluate and monitor medical supplies to ensure appropriate supplies are available in sufficient quantities and that accurate accounting and secure storage of supplies, including narcotic, needle and syringe counts, is maintained.

• Possess a valid Oregon Registered Professional Nurse's License at the time of appointment. Preference given to candidates with an unencumbered license.
• Requested General Knowledge
  • Professional principles, practices, and theory of nursing practice
  • Laws, rules, and regulations governing the provision of nursing practice
  • Medical terminology
  • Pharmacology management
  • Medical ethics
  • Counseling and intervention techniques
  • Disease processes and treatment methods
  • Principles and procedures of infection control/communicable disease management
  • Operating personal computers
• Desired Attributes
  • Excellent oral and written communication
  • Social justice oriented
  • Embraces teamwork with a positive mindset
  • Health equity focused
  • Ability to perform in a high stress environment
  • Harm reduction advocate

• Additional applicable incentives: 5% for bilingual 4.75% for BSN 9.5% for MSN 5% for Lead Worker Swing shift – $3.92/hour Night shift - $5/hour Weekend shift - $5/hour

Requires working independently with little or no supervision.

• Must have the ability to work any or all of the seven days of the week, including but not limited to, Saturdays or Sundays or both; and work any shift of the day, including, but not…