On-call TSP Community Health Nurse

Multnomah County • Portland, OR

7d • $50 - $65

About The Position

The On-Call Transition Planning Community Health Nurse (TP CHN) provides professional, compassionate health services to detained individuals, from intake through release to the community or transfer to another facility. The nurse performs triage, care planning, care coordination, and follow-up planning in keeping with community standards of care. The role serves Transition Services Program (TSP)-referred patients and works with Corrections Health providers to ensure follow-up care is scheduled or communicated to the appropriate receiving agency or community partner.

The nurse works with adults and youth in jail facilities, community health clinics, and other community settings. The work includes assessing physical and mental health symptoms and vital signs, making referrals, and coordinating care in a noisy and potentially adversarial environment. The nurse collaborates with Community Health Workers, Eligibility Specialists, Transition Planners, and Multnomah County Sheriff Deputies as part of an interdisciplinary team focused on safety and quality care.

This is an on-call position serving the Multnomah County Detention Center, Inverness Jail, and Juvenile Detention Center. Management has established minimum availability expectations.

Requirements

• Possess a valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
• Associate degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program.
• BLS/CPR certification.
• Ability to pass a Multnomah County Sheriff's Office background check.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary setting and foster a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment.
• Experience providing services to diverse and vulnerable communities.
• Meet the county's COVID-19 vaccination requirement or have an approved medical or religious exemption.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a correctional facility.
• Demonstrated experience working with a diverse and underserved population.

Responsibilities

• Assess physical and mental health symptoms and vital signs, conduct triage, and make referrals.
• Coordinate quality care for adults and youth releasing to the community or transferring to another facility.
• Create transition plans in coordination with Community Health Workers, Eligibility Specialists, and Transition Planners.
• Work with Corrections Health providers to arrange appropriate community follow-up care or relay care information to receiving agencies and community partners.
• Document clearly and concisely in electronic health records and electronic medication administration records (eMAR).
• Respond to acute medical and mental health events.
• Evaluate, monitor, and treat drug and alcohol withdrawal.
• Provide wound care and health education.
• Delegate tasks to Certified Medication Aides.
• Facilitate transition planning for release to the community.

Benefits

• Corrections Health Nurses receive an additional 12% hourly premium.
• Hourly differentials are provided for swing shifts ($3 per hour), graveyard shifts ($6 per hour), and weekend shifts ($3.50 per hour).
• For mandatory overtime, the first four hours of the mandated shift are paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate and remaining hours at 2.0 times the rate; a scheduled shift on the following day after a mandated shift is paid at 1.5 times the rate.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree