Registered Nurse - Correctional (RN)
Company: A-Line Staffing Solutions
Location: Lima
Posted on: May 29, 2023
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Job Description:
A-Line Staffing is now hiring Registered Nurses - Correctional
in Ohio! The Position would be working for a great company and has
career growth potential.
This would be full time / 40+ hours per week. - Must be available
to work any 8 hour shift full time opportunity / some options offer
part time work.
Compensation
Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of
employment and include health, optical, dental, life, and
short-term disability insurance
A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees
with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates
Highlights
This position is a contract assignment with potential to hire on
permanently based upon attendance, performance, and business
needs
The required availability for this position is full time
opportunity with some options offered for part time depending on
location
Responsibilities
--- Provides professional nursing care to students hospitalized in
student health services unit, or to inmates, juvenile offenders, or
consumers housed in state-owned/operated facility/institution
&/or staff, observes, assesses & records symptoms, reactions &
progress of infirmary patients &/or clinic out-patients, makes
nursing rounds, takes & re cords vitals, prepares & administers
prescribed medications & ordered treatment plans &/or
immunizations, monitors restrained (e.g., lock-ups, detention,
isolated) patients on timely bas is (i.e., every 15 minutes) &
provide s immediate medical attention to emergencies (e.g.,
administers first aid; arranges transportation to hospital
emergency room; contacts staff physician when necessary; counsels
patient regarding need for medical referrals) & if assigned, also
schedules, assigns & reviews work (i.e., has authority to either
approve/disapprove leave requests or to complete performance
evaluations, but such is not mandatory to be performed) of
lower-level staff (e.g., RNs, LP Ns), participates in staff
development & education, reviews care plans written by staff &
trains & orients new employees; OR In corrections medical center,
is responsible for all health care of 20-60 bedridden inmates
(i.e., makes rounds, evaluates care needed & rendered; does care
plans & teaches health care principles; administers medication
including narcotics; renders all direct nursing care as needed) &
performs specialized procedures (i.e., iv therapy, chemotherapy,
wound care, oxygen therapy, dialysis, blood transfusion, incubation
& CPR, tube feeding, catheterization, suctioning & phlebotomy
duties).--- Organizes & oversees 'code blue' team; directs health
care staff (e.g., hospital aides & licensed practical nurses)
assigned to area; acts as lead worker in charge of one assigned
shift in absence of nurse 2 employee' assists physician in giving
diagnostic health evaluations to students.--- Performs clerical
tasks (e.g., charts & records all medications, treatments &
pertinent medical information; completes required reports such as
incident & accident reports; documents Medicaid information; orders
supplies & equipment; maintains constant & exact inventory of all
controlled drugs, medication & equipment); arranges for out-patient
clinic appointments; arranges for medical examinations to be done
by school physician; arranges for new & refilled prescriptions
ordered by physicians through local pharmacy; performs
administrative tasks & serves as liaison with others in
organization & conducts &/or attends meetings; serves as
instructor on occasion; serves as member or leader of problem
solving teams or groups.MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS:Knowledge of
professional registered nursing procedures; state & federal
regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; public
relations; employee training & development*; inventory control.
Skill in operation of medical equipment (e.g., stethoscope,
otoscope, blood pressure cuff, EKG machine). Ability to deal with
some abstract but mostly concrete variables; write meaningful,
concise & accurate reports; gather, collate & classify information
about data, people or things; demonstrate physical fitness.
(*)Developed after employment.
Keywords: A-Line Staffing Solutions, Fort Wayne , Registered Nurse - Correctional (RN), Healthcare , Lima, Indiana
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