Nurse Clinician

State of Iowa•Cherokee - 51012 - Cherokee County, IA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of State-Operated Specialty Care, Bureau of Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders (CCUSO) is seeking a full-time Nurse Clinician to join our team! The Nurse Clinician acts as the employee health nurse for new employees, the infection prevention nurse, and will help with day-to-day duties of the nursing department to include attending and completing medical and mental health clinic duties, patient care and treatment, laboratory coverage duties, and maintaining, ordering, and replacement of necessary medical diagnostic and assistance equipment. The position will be involved in ‘Just in Time’ training, fit testing for respiratory devices, tracking and administering patient vaccines, and keeping documents updated with current patient and staff statuses, as necessary. Applicants will be required to complete a background check to be considered for this position. Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is required. CCUSO provides a secure, long-term, and highly structured setting to treat sexual offenders who have served their prison terms, but, in a separate civil trial, have been found likely to reoffend. The facility provides state-of-the-art treatment to patients to lower their risk of re-offending and to release them from confinement as quickly as possible. There is a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative services focused on addressing the conditions impacting a patient’s likelihood of re-offending.

Requirements

Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator’s Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in nursing and experience equal to one year of full-time professional clinical work in a correctional environment or in any combination of nursing specialty areas including epidemiology, geriatrics, maternal and child health, nursing education, pediatrics, public health, mental health or psychiatrics, or intellectual disability.
One year of full-time professional clinical work experience in either a correctional environment or in any combination of nursing specialty areas including epidemiology, geriatrics, maternal and child health, nursing education, pediatrics, public health, mental health or psychiatrics, or intellectual disability; and a total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in nursing equals one year of full-time experience.
Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch at the Iowa Veterans Home that includes experience equal to five years of full-time work as a Registered Nurse.

Responsibilities

Acts as the employee health nurse for new employees.
Acts as the infection prevention nurse.
Helps with day-to-day duties of the nursing department.
Attends and completes medical and mental health clinic duties.
Provides patient care and treatment.
Performs laboratory coverage duties.
Maintains, orders, and replaces necessary medical diagnostic and assistance equipment.
Involved in ‘Just in Time’ training.
Performs fit testing for respiratory devices.
Tracks and administers patient vaccines.
Keeps documents updated with current patient and staff statuses, as necessary.