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Job Summary:

A highly skilled Registered Nurse is sought to join our team at the Natchitoches Parish Correctional Center. As a key member of our healthcare staff, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Assess physical, psychological, and social dimensions of patients within the healthcare unit and, as necessary, in the housing units.
  • Apply knowledge of available resources in obtaining a health history and in the assessment process.
  • Provide a written assessment of the patient on admission, during confinement, and on discharge as requested.
  • Summarize assessment data and make a triage decision, which is documented and communicated to other patient care providers.
  • Plan an individual treatment program.
  • Utilize available treatment protocols as written by the psychiatrist.
  • Utilize referral processes to appropriate providers as necessary.
  • Apply knowledge and utilize available resources in planning care and patient teaching.
  • Consult as necessary with nurses, physicians, correctional officers, etc.
  • Implement individual treatment programs in the healthcare unit and, as necessary, in the housing units.
  • Implement clinical and technical aspects of care in accordance with established policies and procedures.
  • Intervene with proper technique, procedures, and safety precautions to meet the individual needs of patients.
  • Implement mental health plans through the administering of medications in accordance with physician's orders.
  • Intervene by administering medications according to proper techniques and procedures, including IV therapy and all other approved routes of administration.
  • Utilize pharmacology knowledge and available resources to include drug reaction and overdose in administering medications.
  • Implement mental health plans through obtaining diagnostic tests in accordance with physician's orders.
  • Intervene by obtaining body fluids specimens using proper techniques and procedures.
  • Implement treatment plans as ordered by the physician or appropriate therapist.
  • Intervene with proper techniques/procedures and available resources.
  • Implement nutrition and therapeutic diet plans as ordered by physicians.
  • Intervene by using established therapeutic diet plan referral processes.
  • Utilize knowledge and available resources for nutrition and therapeutic diets as established by the facility.
  • Document nursing encounters, utilizing the SOAP form of charting as required.
  • Communicate information to other nursing staff, physicians, medical unit supervisory personnel, correctional officers, and department heads.
  • Respect the dignity and confidentiality of patients.
Professional Expectations and Leadership:
  • Assess personal learning development needs.
  • Plan/implement a program to meet identified needs through in-service attendance and other formal and informal means.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and perform nursing policies and procedures.
  • Support the philosophy, objective, and goals of the nursing department.
  • Accept staffing assignments and perform other related duties as required or assigned by the Director of Nursing.
  • Perform within the normal limits of state practice act, policies/procedures, facility policies/procedures, and standards.
  • Promote quality assurance standards by participating in the quality of care chart audits.
  • Develop and maintain professional relationships with patients, medical, and correctional personnel; and promote good working relationships among staff and between other disciplines and departments.
  • Provide leadership to nursing staff.
  • Supervise and strive for excellence in patient care by challenging and, as necessary, correcting errors of peers to ensure the safety and well-being of the patient.
  • Identify existing and potential problems and take effective action.
  • Develop and maintain an awareness of needed improvements in patient care, procedures, equipment, and supplies, and make recommendations to supervisors.
  • As requested, assist in presentation of in-service education.
  • Assume individual accountability for own conduct and maintenance of professional appearance.
  • Participate in nursing activities in corrections, which promote the growth and development of nursing and/or patient care.
  • Approach change in a positive manner; motivate staff to work as a team; accept constructive criticism and learn from it.
Education and Experience:
  • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
  • Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state in which they are practicing.
  • Current CPR certification required.
  • Good physical and mental health; able to work under pressure; able to relate well to patients, security staff, visitors, and co-workers.
  • Prefer a minimum of two (2) years clinical experience.
Physical Requirements:
  • Continuous sitting per shift.
  • Continuous periods of walking and standing per shift.
  • Occasional climbing stairs per shift.
  • Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift.
  • Lifting and carrying up to 20 lbs periodically and lifting up to lbs rarely.
  • Frequently working on computers/tablets throughout the shift.
  • Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, and twisting.