Correctional Nurse

1 day ago

Albany, New York, United States Amergis Full time
About the Role

Amergis is seeking a skilled Correctional Nurse to join our team. As a Correctional Nurse, you will work in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, correctional officers, and administrators to ensure the well-being of the incarcerated population.

Key Responsibilities
  • Utilize the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care
  • Perform focused interviews to identify specific patient needs
  • Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient's condition
  • Conduct health histories on newly-admitted inmates
  • Make referrals of inmates to the staff physician, nurse practitioner, dentist, or mental health professional when necessary
  • Determine the need for emergency hospital care and ensure that all medication is administered in accordance with standard operating procedures and as ordered by the authorizing authority
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret data and information from healthcare members and document actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses
  • Document the patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions
  • Identify and prioritize actions based on patient care requirements
  • Monitor consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff
  • Perform interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and hospital policies and patient care outcome standards
  • Initiate and evaluate patient education
  • Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
  • Document patient's response to nursing and other interventions
  • Supervise, train, and direct other healthcare professionals on site such as LPNs, CNAs, etc.
  • Perform other duties as assigned/necessary
Requirements
  • Current Registered Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices
  • Minimum of one year of correctional health care experience preferred
  • Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice
  • Participation and completion of Amergis' Competency program when applicable
  • Current CPR if applicable
  • TB Questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
  • Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
  • Must meet all federal, state, and local requirements
  • Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
  • Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
  • Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
  • Computer proficiency required
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
Benefits

Amergis offers a competitive pay and weekly paychecks, health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) savings plan, awards and recognition programs. Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.

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