Registered Nurse

About the role

VitalCore Health Strategies (VCHS) is seeking Registered Nurses at Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas for Full-Time Evening Shifts. Part-time Day and Night Shifts are also available.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality care consistent within the scope of practice as outlined by the local state nurse practice act for Registered Nurses.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for the quality of care delivered; work to ensure a safe environment for themselves, the patient, and other staff members.
• Act as a patient advocate to promote the quality of health care delivered in the facility and serve as a leader at all times to promote best practices within the profession of nursing.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Administer medications to patients and monitor for reactions and side effects.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' condition.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
• Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and childbirth as well as develop health improvement programs.
• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Additional duties as assigned by facility.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• Possesses an active CPR certification.
• Remains knowledgeable about specific state laws and regulations governing practice.
• Satisfactory completion of initial and annual clinical competencies to demonstrate aptitude as assigned by role.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university or have graduated from an approved RN program.
• Must possess a current license in this state.

Skills

• Fueled by passion, not by profit.

Benefits

• Holiday Pay: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Short Term/Long Term Disability.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Animal/Pet Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program and Discount Center.
• 401K.
• Annual Incentive Bonus.

Pay

• Competitive wages.

Schedule

• Full-Time Evenings.
• PRN Days and Nights.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• Possesses an active CPR certification.
• Remains knowledgeable about specific state laws and regulations governing practice.
• Satisfactory completion of initial and annual clinical competencies to demonstrate aptitude as assigned by role.