Registered Nurse 2 - AHCC

State of Washington • Spokane County - Airway Heights, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Registered Nurse 2 (RN2) for the Airway Heights Corrections Center located in Airway Heights, WA. This position supports the Department's mission to improve public safety by delivering and leading others in the delivery of nursing services that promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjusting to various health conditions. This position supports the mission of the Health Services division by providing necessary, comprehensive, quality health services and promoting incarcerated individual wellness. Registered Nurses will receive shift differential in the amount of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour for evening shift and night shift work. Employees may also qualify for one or both of these supplemental shift premiums in addition to the above. A. One dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. B. Three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight. At the Department of Corrections, we value our nurses and understand how important they are to our patients and their families. Additionally, we offer a great benefit package along with opportunity for professional and personal growth.

Requirements

• Initial and continuous unencumbered licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse OR An unencumbered Multistate License from a participating Compact Licensure State as outlined by the Nurse Licensure Compact and Department of Health with completion of Suicide Prevention, EDIR training, and MLS demographic survey.
• One (1) year expierence working as a Registered Nurse
• Training by the American Heart Association in Healthcare Provider CPR.
• Proficient using computer-based programs to schedule, monitor and track patient information, perform data entry and word processing, and communicate via email, as well as other programs that may be needed to complete assigned work.
• Ability to work independently and with limited supervision.
• All staff entering into employment with the Department of Corrections must possess the following competencies at the time of hire: Safety, Treats Others with Respect and Courtesy, Dependability, Accountability, Judgment and Problem Solving, Leadership, Communication, Relationship Building, Ethics and Integrity, and Embracing Diversity and Cultural Differences.
• Candidates who are offered a job with the Department of Corrections must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa now or in the future.
• Must be able to work in spaces, climb stairs, walk long distances, and frequently lift up to 30 pounds.
• Under rare circumstances this position may be required to lift or carry up to 50 pounds and push up to 100 pounds.
• Foreign equivalent degrees awarded outside the United States must have a credential evaluation report attached to your application. You may request the required evaluation/documentation from www.wes.org and www.aice-eval.org . Until this documentation is provided, you will not be selected to move forward in the hiring process.

Nice To Haves

• All supervisors and managers must also possess the following: People Management and Managing for Results.

Responsibilities

• Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code
• Assess, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data
• Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention
• Plan the delivery of health care, defining timeframes and pathways for delivery of services prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, timeframes, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, require clarification, or require other type or level of intervention.
• Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved.
• Revise the care plan as necessary.
• In accordance with the intent and provisions of established policies, practices, and procedures, employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift and carry loads.
• Delegate and assign tasks to other staff as appropriate
• Delegate responsibility for patient care to other nurse and assistive nursing personnel after considering the needs, condition, and stability of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
• Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the results of patient care assigned to other personnel.
• Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
• Make nursing assessments.
• Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with incarcerated individuals, their families, other health care personnel, custody, and other institutional personnel
• Protect the confidentiality of health records.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care.
• Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem-oriented health care record.
• Legibly document clinical findings, the rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
• Provide competent nursing services
• Assess the subjective and objective symptoms of patient’s medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
• Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IV’s, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
• Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients
• Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
• Provide accurate, authoritative information to groups or communities.
• Actively participate in the Correctional Healthcare Team
• Function as a job coach and mentor during the on-the-job training phase of the new employee orientation; provide direction to the new employee, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete a written and/or verbal evaluation of job training when requested.
• Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
• Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and Offender Health Plan.
• Participate in formal clinically oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight Structure.
• Respond to health care emergencies throughout the facility and institution grounds
• Provide emergency medical care including CPR, using triage format, to individual incarcerated individuals, staff, visitor, and members of the community.
• Self-evaluate and practice professional nursing conduct at all times
• Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned/ Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Shift differential in the amount of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour for evening shift and night shift work.
• Supplemental shift premium of one dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
• Supplemental shift premium of three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight.
• Comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision
• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level