Registered Nurse (PRN): Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in adult correctional institutions using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, in accordance with professional standards of practice. Services include 24-hour nursing care, telemedicine, chronic care clinics, sick-call screening and triage, medication administration, patient education, and basic life-support and emergency care. The nurse documents pertinent information in health records while maintaining confidentiality and coordinating with other departments as needed. Nurses may delegate tasks and workloads, work assigned hours, days, and locations, and provide coverage to meet institutional needs. The role also involves delivering evidence-based care and maintaining competence through education and certification focused on correctional nursing. Assignments to other duties or locations may be made to meet the Department’s clinical and administrative needs. This is a wage position limited to 1,500 hours per agency during the 12-month period from May 1 through April 30, and to an average of no more than 29 hours per week over that period. The wage employment period resets on May 1. The position offers no state benefits. A temporary enhanced hourly rate is currently approved due to critical staffing needs at designated facilities and remains in effect only while those shortages continue.
Requirements
- Possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted Virginia RN license issued by the Board of Nursing or a multistate compact license.
- Recent graduates of a Virginia nursing program who are not yet licensed must have the NCLEX-RN exam scheduled at the time of application.
- Working knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a corrections or law enforcement environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care in adult institutions using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with standards of practice.
- Provide services including 24-hour nursing care, telemedicine, chronic care clinics, sick-call screening and triage, medication administration, patient education, and basic life-support and emergency care.
- Document pertinent information in health records while maintaining confidentiality.
- Coordinate with other departments as needed.
- Delegate tasks and workloads.
- Work assigned hours, days, and locations, and provide coverage as needed to meet institutional needs.
- Provide evidence-based nursing care and promote continued competence through education and certification focused on correctional nursing.
- Accept assignments to other duties or locations as necessary to meet clinical and administrative needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
