Rn Jobs in Tacoma, VA

About The Position

Requirements

• Current, full, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in Arizona, or licensure in a compact state that allows practice in Arizona.
• At least one year of experience as a licensed Registered Nurse.
• Graduate from a nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
• Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing must have current, full, active, and unrestricted registration to meet the education requirement.
• Must be able to pass a Federal Background Check.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to patients.
• Perform prescreening and intake screening of newly arrived patients.
• Use established intake tools to gather subjective and objective data and refer abnormal findings or responses to medical, dental, and/or behavioral health providers.
• Perform sick calls, assess and treat acute problems, and refer patients to an NP/PA, physician, behavioral health provider, and/or dentist as appropriate.
• Perform physical examinations.
• Provide clinical supervision to Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel.
• Administer medications as ordered through oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, ophthalmic, and other enteral and parenteral routes.
• Perform ordered treatments, including wound care, vital sign checks, and electrocardiograms.
• Collect laboratory specimens and perform point-of-care testing or prepare specimens for laboratory processing; take appropriate action on lab results received.
• Respond to medical emergencies, provide emergency care to stabilize patients and prevent deterioration, and transfer patients to appropriate levels of care.
• Complete nursing rounds for patients in infirmary care and segregated housing.
• Participate in involuntary, court-ordered care when required.

Benefits

• Evening, night, and weekend differentials.
• Two weeks of paid time off.
• Seven paid sick days.
• Eleven paid federal holidays.
• Health benefit.