Institution Registered Nurse (Umatilla)

About the role

The Oregon Department of Corrections is seeking Registered Nurses with a passion for caring for marginalized and underserved incarcerated individuals. Enjoy flexible scheduling, a manageable patient load, and the opportunity to truly follow the course of treatment without the pressures of billing or insurance. This is a rewarding role for those who value continuity of care, professional autonomy, and making a real difference.

Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care: The provision of nursing care includes patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care planning, medication administration, laboratory/medical procedures, and treatment provision in accordance with ODOC policies, procedures, protocols, provider orders, and evidence-based standards of care.
• Care Coordination: Coordinate patient's health care by scheduling services on-site and community-based services to ensure optimal patient health outcomes are achieved.
• Communication: Provide comprehensive patient education and serve as a resource for non-medical staff as it pertains to the provision of health care in the correctional setting.
• Advocate for patient care needs to ensure patient care needs are met in a timely manner and not adversely impacted by the correctional environment.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care. Document all requests for medical attention, objective data collected during patient care, treatment provided, evaluation of treatment effectiveness, and patient education provided.
• Administrative: Coordinate nursing care activities with services provided by other departments. Assume responsibility for the operations of the unit in the absence of management staff. Evaluate and monitor medical supplies to ensure appropriate supplies are available in sufficient quantities and that accurate accounting and secure storage of supplies, including narcotic, needle and syringe counts, is maintained.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess a valid Oregon Registered Professional Nurse's License at the time of appointment.
• Possession of an unencumbered license is preferred.

Desired Attributes

• Excellent oral and written communication
• Social justice oriented
• Embraces teamwork with a positive mindset
• Health equity focused
• Ability to perform in a high stress environment
• Harm reduction advocate

Benefits

DOC employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, and basic employee life coverage through the Public Employees' Benefit Board (PEBB) and retirement benefits through the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

Pay

$8,443 - $11,932

Schedule

Requires working independently with little or no supervision. Must have the ability to work any or all of the seven days of the week, including but not limited to, Saturdays or Sundays or both; and work any shift of the day, including, but not limited to, swing, graveyard, or day. Requires contact with adults in custody, who may become violent, in a correctional setting. Requires mandatory double shifts occasionally. Requires walking or standing for long periods, climbing stairs and heavy lifting. May require limited exertion resulting from patient care. May be exposed to chemicals, radiation, communicable diseases, or other hazards inherent in a health care and correctional setting. May require occasional local or in-state travel for training or meetings.

Working Conditions

• Requires working independently with little or no supervision.
• Must have the ability to work any or all of the seven days of the week, including but not limited to, Saturdays or Sundays or both; and work any shift of the day, including, but not limited to, swing, graveyard, or day.
• Requires contact with adults in custody, who may become violent, in a correctional setting.
• Requires mandatory double shifts occasionally.
• Requires walking or standing for long periods, climbing stairs and heavy lifting.
• May require limited exertion resulting from patient care.
• May be exposed to chemicals, radiation, communicable diseases, or other hazards inherent in a health care and correctional setting.
• May require occasional local or in-state travel for training or meetings.

Additional Information

• Requires passing a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintaining CJIS eligibility.
• Under Oregon Law, qualifying veterans may apply for veterans’ preference.
• The State of Oregon does not request or require your age, date of birth, attendance or graduation dates from an educational institution during the application process.