CDOC Registered Nurse (Nurse I)

About the role

This position provides skilled nursing care for the incarcerated inmate in either an outpatient clinic, infirmary, or specialized cell house setting for acute care, chronic support and emergency interventions.

Responsibilities

• Documents in a accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate medical records;
• Provides standardized patient education within established nursing guidelines;
• Transcribes medical orders and reports at change of shifts;
• Preserves confidentiality;
• Provides physical care and treatments, administers medications, collaborates on treatment plans, employs infection control measures, provides crises intervention, interviews and triages inmates and performs patient and staff instruction;
• Affords assistance to physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners with minor medical and surgical procedures;
• Ensures ordering and restocking of medications and supplies;
• May occasionally be required to participate in restraining an inmate primarily for medical reasons;
• Delivers PO, IM, IV, SQ, SL medications to inmates in medication lines, infirmaries, specialized cell houses, and PRN;
• Observes and reports the physical and emotional condition of inmates including the effectiveness of medications and treatments during triage, sick line and emergency situations;
• Performs physical and emotional assessments of inmates during triage, sick-line and emergency situations, employing basic nursing and assessment skills and protocol;
• Promotes and is accountable for safety and security of the clinical environment through conscientious observations and sensitive item/contraband control including counting syringes, needles, narcotics, instruments, and key control;
• Operates a variety of clinical equipment dictated by the type of equipment available in the assigned work unit;
• Knowledgeable about all Life Safety policies and procedures applicable to the assigned work unit;
• Informs supervisor of any violations of security or safety through the report writing process;
• Attends training programs as assigned, including 2-day self-defense to ensure self protection skills;
• This position may be required to work any shift, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Qualifications

• License: Applicant must possess a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
• Ensure that the 'Work Experience' section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position that you are applying for.

Preferred Qualifications

• Correctional Nursing experience;
• Charge Nurse and/or supervisory experience;
• Acute Care or Long Term Nursing experience.

Benefits

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Pay

This position is compensated on a bi-weekly pay cycle.

Schedule

This position may be required to work any shift, weekends, and holidays.