Health Care Technician I-NCCIW (3 Positions)

State of North Carolina•Wake Forest, NC

2d•$31,200 - $46,348•Onsite

About The Position

This full-time position is located at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women (NCCIW) in Raleigh, the state’s primary facility for women and the support facility for its other female prisons. The role provides facilitative services and quality care to support the welfare, safety, and security of individuals in adult corrections and other care settings. Employees implement goals in individuals’ comprehensive treatment plans; provide basic medical care; assist with activities of daily living and complex nursing care; and help maintain safe, secure environments. Duties may also include training individuals in home living, social communication, leisure, vocational, community-living, and functional academic skills, as well as custodial supervision and medication administration in prison facilities. The position involves ongoing observation and interaction with individuals who may have psychiatric or developmental conditions and unpredictable or potentially dangerous behaviors. Employees report concerns and provide input to the interdisciplinary or treatment team. Work is performed under the supervision of clinical or professional program staff.

Requirements

High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
As required for continued employment, listing as a Nurse Aide I by the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation.
As applicable for continued employment, listing as a Nurse Aide II by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
As applicable for continued employment, North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification.
Applicants must pass a background check.

Nice To Haves

Documented knowledge of office practices and procedures.
Documented knowledge of planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
Listing as a Nurse Aide I by the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation.

Responsibilities

Implement goals identified in individuals’ comprehensive or person-centered treatment plans and stay current with those plans.
Provide basic medical care and assist individuals with activities of daily living.
Assist in performing complex nursing care.
Help provide safe and secure environments, including custodial supervision of offenders as applicable.
Provide training in areas such as home living, social communication, leisure, vocational skills, community living, and functional academics.
Observe and interact with individuals on an ongoing basis, provide feedback, and report concerns to appropriate professional program staff.
Work with the interdisciplinary or treatment team and provide input about each individual’s care and condition.
Administer medications in prison facilities when required.
Perform other closely related duties.