RN - Correctional Medicine

Adelphi Staffing•Victorville, CA

22d•$50

About The Position

Adelphi is seeking Registered Nurses (RN) to provide services at a correctional facility in Victorville, California. The ideal candidates will provide nursing care to inmates at the facility while ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.

Requirements

Valid and unrestricted California license
BLS (AHA)
Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience (preferably in a clinical or correctional setting).

Responsibilities

Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermal, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.
Assist with distribution of medications at pill line.
Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate.
Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and xrays.
Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining laboratory specimens.
Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans.
Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.
Perform nursing duties within the scope of the current licensure.