Nurse 1 (Registered Nurse) - LORCI
About The Position
The Nurse 1 (Registered Nurse) provides nursing care at Lorain Correctional Institution, including medication administration and compliance monitoring, patient assessment, treatments, sick-call support, chronic-care management, and emergency response. The role also involves patient education, coordination with physicians and other healthcare staff, documentation, preparation for patient transfers or release, quality assurance, and support for institutional healthcare operations. The nurse may provide work direction and training to other nursing and healthcare personnel and may assume shift-charge responsibilities as assigned. The position is permanent, full-time, and classified. Starting pay is approximately $80,000, based on location and shift assignments. Ohio RN licensure is required. Ohio participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact, and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness program. The role is based at Lorain Correctional Institution in South Grafton, Ohio. Work hours are not specified. The State of Ohio is a tobacco-free, drug-free workplace. Final applicants are subject to pre-employment drug testing and a criminal background investigation.
Requirements
- Current licensure as a registered professional nurse in Ohio, issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing under Section 4723.03 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Responsibilities
- Administer oral, intramuscular, and intravenous medications and monitor patient medication compliance.
- Perform treatments and perform or assist with nurses’ sick call.
- Assist with physicians’ sick call and medical procedures.
- Perform or assist with nursing management of chronic-care clinics.
- Respond to emergencies and provide emergency care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Perform subjective and objective patient assessments; collect vital signs and document findings in a timely manner.
- Collect urine and other bodily-fluid specimens.
- Prepare patients for release or transfer by reviewing care and transfer or release summaries; ensure discharge medication orders are completed and forwarded to pharmacy services in a timely manner.
- Participate in work-related training, institutional training exercises, quality assurance activities, group programming, and health and wellness initiatives.
- Provide assistance to other healthcare staff and investigate and document problem areas or concerns.
- Review shift reports from preceding shifts and assume other nurses’ duties during absences.
- Counsel and educate patients on healthcare maintenance and disease prevention.
- Provide training and work direction to new nurses, agency nurses, licensed practical nurses, and hospital aides.
- Serve as a healthcare resource for healthcare and security staff and provide orientation and training to new healthcare personnel at the direction of the Nursing Supervisor.
- Serve as lead clinical authority on site in the absence of the HCA, QIC, medical director, and/or advanced-level provider staff.
- Perform administrative duties, attend meetings, and schedule multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Assume shift-charge duties when assigned by the HCA, including making and adjusting shift work assignments.
- Perform or assist with inventory and ordering of medical supplies.
- Assist ancillary staff as needed to ensure patient-care needs are met.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal leave, and sick leave
- 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
- Education and development opportunities, including employee development funds
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
- Public retirement systems, including OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS
- Optional deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
