Registered Nurse (RN)

 Provide nursing care within adult institutions by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating institutional patients per the standards of practice  Standard of care is achieved through a multitude of services to include 24-hour nursing care, telemedicine, chronic care clinics, sick call screenings/triage, medication administration, patient education, and basic life supporting/emergency care.  Document all pertinent information into the health record while practicing confidentiality and interfacing with other departments on an as-needed basis.  Registered Nurses possess the ability to delegate tasks/workload and work hours, days, and locations as assigned.  Registered Nurses are capable and available to provide coverage as needed to meet institutional needs.  To provide evidence-based nursing care and promote continued competence through education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.  Assignments to other duties or locations may be necessary to meet the clinical and administrative needs of the Department.  This is a wage position limited to working no more than 1,500 hours per agency during the 12 month period of May 1 – April 30, regardless of the hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1 of the following year. All wage employees are limited to working no more than 29 hours per week on average over the 12-month period. This wage position offers no state benefits.