RN Corrections

Responsibilities:

• Registered Nurses 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 24hour 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 asneeded basis.
• Registered Nurses possess the ability to delegate tasks and work load 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 evidencebased nursing care and promote continued competence through education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.

Organizational Objective:

• Provide total health care to offenders (routine chronic and emergency care) maintaining continuity of care from admission to discharge.
• Safe medication administration following DOC policy.
• Provide employee health services in accordance with policy.
• ACA standards of care Health Services guidelines and policies Operational policies and procedures are followed.

Qualifications:

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing program.
• Must possess and maintain a valid unrestricted Virginia RN license issued by the board of nursing or a multistate compact license (if you are a recent graduate of a nursing program in VA and not licensed the NCLEXRN exam must be scheduled at the time of application).
• Certified Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers with current certification through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) is required upon hire

Additional Considerations:

• Experience working in a Corrections or Law enforcement environment.
• Previous experience working with mental health patients.
• Experience in acute care and/or community health settings.