Registered Nurse - Roosevelt County

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team, ensuring patient continuity of care by developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising individualized treatment plans.
• Communicate with team members individually, at team meetings, and with written documentation as needed.
• Collect and document subjective and objective health information, laboratory, EKG, and other diagnostic tests to identify and monitor the health needs of patients in a variety of settings. Document relevant data in approved format and share with applicable multidisciplinary team.
• Provide direct and indirect nursing care to meet physiological, psychosocial, and emotional needs of the patient during routine and emergency situations within the framework established by the correctional system.
• Administer ordered medications and implement relevant treatments. Evaluate, monitor and document results/outcomes of mediations and treatments.
• Maintain accountability of all controlled substances according to federal and state regulations.
• Implement and evaluate patient education offerings and activities that may be in an individual or group setting.
• Share knowledge, skills, and information with peers, colleagues, and others. Assign tasks or delegate care based upon expected skills and knowledge.
• Acquire and maintain current clinical knowledge and skills and professional standards.
• Identify and maintain professional boundaries to preserve the integrity of the therapeutic process and relationship.
• Proactive in performance improvement activities as demonstrated by participating in the Company Continuous Quality Improvement (CQl) program (peer review; record reviews; membership on the (QI committee) and modifying clinical practices based on CQI recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with all facility and Company policies, Federal and State laws, regulations, and guidelines including HIPAA.
• Coordinate care closely with security staff while maintaining a positive, collaborative relationship.
• Maintain an ethical commitment to ensure confidentiality within the limits of a correctional environment.
• Deliver care in a nonjudgmental/nondiscriminatory manner to protect the autonomy, dignity, and rights of patients.
• Understand and comply with safety and security rules and regulations of the institution.

Education/Credentials/Experience

• Must hold valid RN license in applicable state.
• Must show current tuberculosis documentation and active CPR certification.
• Must be able to pass background investigation and obtain agency security clearance where applicable.
• Prior experience providing nursing care and working with a high degree of autonomy required.
• Experience with direct care in correctional enviroment preferred.