DJJ Staff Nurse - Gainesville, GA 40 hrs/week

About the role

Full Time - 40 hours per week
Base rate of $39.50 per hour
41 paid days off per year
Location: Gainesville RYDC (Located in Hall County)
450 Crescent Drive Gainesville, GA 30501-5079
College/Department Information: Our mission is to transform young lives by providing evidence-based rehabilitative treatment services and supervision, strengthening the well-being of youth and families, and fostering safe communities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Guide patient teaching, nursing activities, and ancillary personnel.
• Promote a customer-friendly environment and provide superior service to youth, facility staff, family, and outside vendors.

Requirements

• Licensed as an RN in the State of Georgia.
• 1 year of previous experience in a clinical setting.
• Good organizational and decision-making skills;
• Good physical and mental health;
• Able to work under pressure;
• Able to relate well to patients, security staff, visitors, and co-workers.
• Functions within the Georgia Board of Nursing Nurse Practice Act.
• Current Health Care Provider BCLS Certification, obtained through American Heart or Red Cross Program.
• Able to lift 50lbs.
• Normal bending, reaching, stooping.
• Standing and sitting for long periods of time.
• Able to move quickly in cases of emergency (within 4 minutes).
• Normal levels of hearing and seeing, if necessary, with corrective appliances.
• Able to perform BCLS.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Licensed as an RN in the State of Georgia.
• Required Qualifications: 1 year of previous experience in a clinical setting.
• Required Qualifications: Good organizational and decision-making skills;
• Required Qualifications: Good physical and mental health;
• Required Qualifications: Able to work under pressure;
• Required Qualifications: Able to relate well to patients, security staff, visitors, and co-workers.
• Required Qualifications: Functions within the Georgia Board of Nursing Nurse Practice Act.
• Required Qualifications: Current Health Care Provider BCLS Certification, obtained through American Heart or Red Cross Program.
• Required Qualifications: Able to lift 50lbs.
• Required Qualifications: Normal bending, reaching, stooping.
• Required Qualifications: Standing and sitting for long periods of time.
• Required Qualifications: Able to move quickly in cases of emergency (within 4 minutes).
• Required Qualifications: Normal levels of hearing and seeing, if necessary, with corrective appliances.
• Required Qualifications: Able to perform BCLS.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

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Conditions of Employment

• All candidates are to complete and successfully pass Pre-Employment requirements.
• This includes a Criminal History Record Release (and when applicable, a Physical Examination and Drug Screen).
• All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond.

Other Information

• This position is also responsible for promoting a customer-friendly environment and providing superior service to our patients, students, faculty, and employees.
• "Augusta University is a patient-and family-centered care institution, where employees partner every day with patients and families for success."
• Augusta University is a tobacco-free environment and the use of any tobacco products on any part of the campus, both inside and outside, is strictly prohibited.
• AAEEO/Condition Statement: Department of Juvenile Justice is a Division of Augusta University. We are an equal employment, equal access, and equal educational opportunity and affirmative action institution.
• Also, Augusta University is a federal contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.