Prison Healthcare Nurse

6 days ago


Jefferson City, Missouri, United States Amergis Full time

Amergis offers a competitive salary for the Correctional RN position, with an estimated annual compensation of $120,000 in the United States.

Job Description:

The Correctional RN at Amergis plays a vital role in ensuring the well-being of the incarcerated population. This involves collaborating with healthcare professionals, correctional officers, and administrators to address the unique challenges of the correctional environment. As a Correctional RN, you will provide routine and emergency health care to patients in a correctional facility setting.

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 to staff physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, or mental health professionals when necessary
  • Determine the need for emergency hospital care and ensure that medication is administered according to standard operating procedures
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret data from healthcare members and document actual and potential nursing diagnoses
  • Document the patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions
  • Prioritize actions based on patient care requirements
  • Monitor consistency between the patient's plan of care and medical staff actions
  • Perform interventions according to identified priorities, the plan of care, and hospital policies and patient care outcome standards
  • Initiate and evaluate patient education
  • Revised the plan of care based on evaluation, changes in the medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
  • Document the patient's response to nursing and other interventions
  • Supervise, train, and direct other healthcare professionals on site, such as LPNs and CNAs

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Current Registered Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices
  • Minimum one year of correctional health care experience preferred
  • Compliance 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)
  • Meet all federal, state, and local requirements
  • Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
  • Understanding of patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
  • Ability to effectively elicit and provide information to and from appropriate individuals via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language required
  • Computer proficiency required
  • At least 18 years of age

Benefits:

  • Competitive pay and weekly paychecks
  • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k) savings plan
  • Awards and recognition programs

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