RN Corrections Registered Nurse

MDPerm•Jena, LA

8d•$45 - $56•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurses in this Health Services facility practice collaboratively, providing ambulatory, emergency, mental health, and infirmary care. This is a full-time position with night shifts available in 8-hour, 10-hour, or 12-hour increments. The role involves performing intake screenings, physical exams, providing care for common acute problems, and completing nursing rounds for patients in infirmary care and segregated housing.

Requirements

Current, full and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in Louisiana or licensed in a compact state that allows practice in Louisiana.
Minimum one year of experience as a licensed registered nurse in a hospital, medical office or residential setting
Graduate from a nursing program accredited by The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing must possess a current, full, active and unrestricted registration to meet this requirement.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a detention/correctional or residential healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides direct care to patients
Performs prescreening and intake screening of patients newly arrived at the facility.
Uses established intake tools for gathering subjective and objective data, referring abnormal findings or responses to a medical, dental, and/or behavioral health provider
Performs sick calls, assessing and treating acute problems
Refers patients to an NP/PA, physician, behavioral health provider, and/or dentist
Performs physical examinations
Provides clinical supervision to Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel
Administers medications as ordered. (via the oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, ophthalmic, and other enteral and parenteral routes)
Performs various treatments such as wound care, vital sign checks, electrocardiograms, etc. as ordered by a medical, dental, and behavioral health provider or registered nurse.
Collects laboratory specimens and performs point-of-care testing or prepares specimens for laboratory processing. Takes appropriate action on lab results received.
Respond to medical emergencies and render emergency care to stabilize patients and prevent deterioration, and transfer patients to appropriate levels of care.
May be required to participate in involuntary, court-ordered care.