LPN Corrections

Job DescriptionJob Description

About Syra Health:

Syra Health is a healthcare consulting company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions. Syra Health aims to achieve its goal by becoming a valuable partner to government, payers, providers, life sciences organizations, and academic institutions. Syra Health offers products and services in digital health, behavioural and mental health, population health management, health education, and healthcare workforce.

For more information, please visit www.syrahealth.com.

 

Responsibilities:

• Flexible staffing arrangement for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) seeking additional hours, no more than an average of 29 hours per week.
• Provides evidence-based nursing care utilizing the nursing process, principles, practices and techniques of general nursing care as determined by Standards of Practice under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Screens for sick calls, administers medications and provides first aid and basic life support to patients and employees as needed.
• Maintains open lines of communication with security and treatment staff while providing input and feedback to assist the facility provider in organizing a treatment plan.
• Records all pertinent information into the medical record.
• Interfaces with other departments as needed.
• Promotes continued competence through education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.
• Nurses must have the ability to work hours, days, and locations as assigned along with being capable and available to provide coverage as needed to meet institutional needs.

 

Organizational Objective:

 

• Provide total health care to offenders (routine, chronic and emergent care), maintaining continuity of care from admission to discharge in a correctional facility.
• Safe medication administration following DOC policy.
• Provide employee health services in accordance with policy.
• Follows operational policies/procedures, Health Services guidelines/policies, ACA standards of care, and Board of Health professionals’ scope of practice.

 

Qualifications:

 

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Must possess and maintain a valid unrestricted Virginia LPN license issued by the board of nursing or a multi-state compact license (if you are a recent graduate of a nursing program in VA and not licensed, the NCLEX-PN exam must be scheduled at the time of application).
• Demonstrated ability to screen complaints of physical ailments and refer necessary cases to other medical professionals.
• Experience in carrying out provider’s orders in applying treatments.
• Maintaining appropriate documentation.
• Certified Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers with current certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) is required upon hire.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

 

Additional Considerations:

• Experience working in a Corrections or Law enforcement environment.
• Experience or related training in the delivery of general nursing and emergency medical care.

Company DescriptionSyra Health is a scientific and medically oriented professional services company that leverages deep healthcare and managed-care industry expertise to create solutions for our clients based on real-world evidence and insights from advanced analytics. Our areas of expertise include population health management, behavioral and mental health, healthcare quality solutions, health analytics, healthcare education and outreach.Company DescriptionSyra Health is a scientific and medically oriented professional services company that leverages deep healthcare and managed-care industry expertise to create solutions for our clients based on real-world evidence and insights from advanced analytics. Our areas of expertise include population health management, behavioral and mental health, healthcare quality solutions, health analytics, healthcare education and outreach.

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