Clinical Nurse III
About the role
Under limited supervision, the Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) provides patient care to adults, adolescents, and children who have been impacted by sexual assault/abuse, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, strangulation, or other related forensic issues. The Forensic Nurse Examiner team provides compassionate, culturally sensitive and comprehensive assessments, evidence collections, chains of custody and documentation of forensic patients. The FNE collaborates with law enforcement, child and elderly advocacy programs to meet the needs of each individual patient and is also responsible for testifying as an expert witness in the court of law; providing education/outreach to the community at large, interfacing with medical professionals, law enforcement agencies, criminal justice, victim advocacy and external support agencies that provide services to victims of crime and violence.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care to adults, adolescents, and children impacted by sexual assault/abuse, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, strangulation, or related forensic issues.
- Conduct compassionate, culturally sensitive, comprehensive assessments.
- Perform evidence collection, maintain chain of custody, and document forensic patients.
- Collaborate with law enforcement, child and elderly advocacy programs to meet patient needs.
- Testify as an expert witness in court.
- Provide education and outreach to the community.
- Interface with medical professionals, law enforcement agencies, criminal justice, victim advocacy, and external support agencies.
- No supervisory responsibility.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.