Psychiatric/DD Nurse (Registered Nurse) - 20087206
About The Position
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide psychiatric nursing services at Allen/Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio. The role supports the agency’s mission to reduce recidivism by providing rehabilitative treatment in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment. Starting pay is approximately $84,000, based on location and shift assignments. The position is permanent, full-time, and classified; work hours are not specified. The nurse plans and delivers psychiatric care to patients/offenders, including screening, assessment, care planning, crisis intervention, medication education and administration, and coordination with psychiatrists and multidisciplinary treatment staff. The role also includes routine professional nursing care, documentation, reporting, emergency response, and participation in staff orientation, meetings, and training. Applicants must hold a current Ohio Registered Nurse license issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing. The position is subject to pre-employment drug testing and a criminal background investigation. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco-free workplace.
Requirements
- Hold a current license as a registered professional nurse in Ohio, issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing under Section 4723.03 of the Revised Code.
Responsibilities
- Plan psychiatric care based on needs or problems identified during patient/offender assessments.
- Write measurable goals and develop specific interventions.
- Serve on a multidisciplinary mental health treatment team as a provider of psychiatric nursing services.
- Provide crisis intervention.
- Complete psychiatric screenings and nursing assessments and participate in developing treatment plans.
- Conduct medication education and participate in assigned therapeutic groups, such as medication compliance, sleep hygiene, and medication education.
- Implement special precautions for suicide and escape, and secure orders for and ensure the appropriateness of restraint or seclusion, accounting for the population’s special needs.
- Observe and evaluate patients’ physical and emotional reactions to medication and therapies.
- Submit timely reports to the psychiatrist and appropriate treatment staff.
- Document appropriate information in patient/inmate records.
- Act as a mental health liaison.
- Assist psychiatrists and clinical nurse specialists with psychiatric examinations.
- Record and facilitate implementation of physician, psychiatrist, and clinical nurse specialist orders.
- Coordinate psychiatric appointments.
- Provide professional nursing care, including checking vital signs, assessing medical needs, and administering medication.
- Provide direct nursing care by observing, assessing, and recording symptoms, reactions, and progress, and making appropriate referrals.
- Perform psychiatric nursing rounds.
- Respond immediately to emergencies.
- Complete psychiatric nursing care plans.
- Assist with staff orientation.
- Complete miscellaneous forms and reports, including quality assurance and medication compliance reports.
- Attend meetings, conferences, and training sessions as directed.
Benefits
- Medical coverage.
- Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after the eligibility period.
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal leave, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year.
- Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave.
- Education and development opportunities, including employee development funds and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- Public retirement systems, including OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS, and optional deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
