Police Dispatcher / Records Technician (Substitutes) - 2026-2027

Job Duties

• Serves on multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team as a provider of psychiatric nursing services for mentally ill inmates
• Provides crisis intervention
• Completes initial psychiatric intake screening, nursing assessments
• Participates in the development of treatment plans
• Congducts medication education, individual and group supportive counseling and other therapeutic groups as assigned
• Observes and evaluates the patients physical and emotional reaction to medication and therapies
• Makes timely reports to the psychiatrist and appropriate treatment staff
• Documents appropriate data on the patient's records
• Affords assistance to the psychiatrist with psychiatric examinations
• Records and facilitates implementation of physician’s orders
• Coordinates psychiatric appointments
• Provides professional nursing care (e.g., checks vital signs, assesses medical needs, administers medication to psychiatric patients)
• Performs admission trauma checks and use of force checks

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license as registered professional nurse in state of Ohio as issued by Board of Nursing per Section 4723.03 of Revised Code

Training and Development

• Biennial renewal of licensure as registered nurse

Unusual Working Conditions

• Works shifts, weekends and holidays
• Exposed to communicable diseases
• Exposed to unpredictable patient behavior
• May require travel to community site under contract with Department of Mental Health

Major Worker Characteristics

• Knowledge of professional nursing procedures; psychiatric or developmentally disabled nursing*
• Employee training & development*
• State & federal regulations, policies & procedures as related to nursing
• Public relations*
• Counseling*

Skills

• Operation of medical equipment

Ability

• To deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables
• To write meaningful, concise & accurate reports
• To demonstrate physical fitness

Supplemental Information

• The final applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis prior to an appointment to test for illegal drug use.
• The State will decline to extend a final offer of employment to any applicant with a verified positive test result.
• An applicant with a positive test result will not be considered for any position with the State of Ohio for a period of one year.

NOT APPLICABLE TO CURRENT STATE EMPLOYEES

• This Position is SEIU District 1199 Bargaining Unit Position
• This is a repost.
• For Positions Covered by the SEIU, District 1199 Bargaining Unit Contract Applications/Resumes Mailed Will Be Considered Timely If They Are Postmarked By the Closing Date Listed On the Posting.

Department of Rehabilitation & Correction

• The Department of Rehabilitation & Correction will adopt a tobacco free policy for the grounds of all institutions effective March 1, 2009.

Rewards

• Extensive health benefits for all full- and part-time permanent employees
• Guaranteed 10 paid state holidays every year
• At least a 14 percent employer contribution to your OPERS pension plan
• Over 1600 job classifications allow ample opportunity for career advancement
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement programs
• Life insurance coverage for all permanent employees
• Up to $350 in annual wellness incentives for employees/spouses enrolled in healthcare

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