APRN - Correctional
Job Description
Pay: $90.00 - $100.00 per hour
Job description:
Job Posting: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to provide advanced clinical care for individuals with complex medical and/or behavioral health needs. This role requires a high level of clinical independence, including the ability to assess, diagnose, prescribe medications, develop treatment plans, and collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
The APRN will deliver comprehensive patient care in a clinical, correctional, behavioral health, or state-operated healthcare setting while ensuring high standards of patient safety and quality of care.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive physical and psychiatric assessments.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic medical and behavioral health conditions.
- Prescribe medications and monitor patient response, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate.
- Order, interpret, and analyze laboratory and diagnostic studies.
- Respond to medical emergencies and lead cardiac arrest codes when necessary.
- Provide specialized medical and psychiatric care for inpatient and outpatient populations.
- Educate patients regarding diagnoses, medications, and treatment plans.
- Assess the effectiveness of healthcare services and recommend improvements.
- Consult with physicians, nurses, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams regarding patient treatment plans.
- Provide clinical guidance on appropriate health record documentation.
- Coordinate referrals to specialists and community healthcare providers.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and treatment planning.
- Prepare reports related to healthcare services, investigations, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in quality assurance, clinical, and performance improvement committees.
- Assist families and caregivers in understanding patient medical and behavioral health needs.
- Provide training and mentoring to nursing and support staff as needed.
- Conduct home safety assessments when applicable.
- Participate in abuse and neglect investigations when required.
- Testify in court regarding clinical findings if necessary.
- Assist with oversight and coordination of agency clinic services.
Required Qualifications
- Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
- Ability to independently assess, diagnose, and manage patient care.
- Experience prescribing and managing medications.
- Strong clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration abilities.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMR/EHR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in behavioral health, correctional healthcare, state-operated healthcare, or community health settings.
- Experience managing patients with complex medical and psychiatric conditions.
- Knowledge of quality assurance and clinical improvement processes.
- Leadership or clinical training experience is a plus.
Skills
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Medication management
- Diagnostic interpretation
- Patient education
- Crisis intervention
- Behavioral health assessment
- Treatment planning
- Clinical documentation
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Quality improvement
- Emergency response
- Critical thinking
- Time management
Work Environment
This position may be located within a correctional facility, behavioral health center, veterans' facility, or state-operated healthcare setting. The APRN will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to provide exceptional patient care.
Job Requirements
Pay: $90.00 - $100.00 per hour
Job description:
Job Posting: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to provide advanced clinical care for individuals with complex medical and/or behavioral health needs. This role requires a high level of clinical independence, including the ability to assess, diagnose, prescribe medications, develop treatment plans, and collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
The APRN will deliver comprehensive patient care in a clinical, correctional, behavioral health, or state-operated healthcare setting while ensuring high standards of patient safety and quality of care.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive physical and psychiatric assessments.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic medical and behavioral health conditions.
- Prescribe medications and monitor patient response, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate.
- Order, interpret, and analyze laboratory and diagnostic studies.
- Respond to medical emergencies and lead cardiac arrest codes when necessary.
- Provide specialized medical and psychiatric care for inpatient and outpatient populations.
- Educate patients regarding diagnoses, medications, and treatment plans.
- Assess the effectiveness of healthcare services and recommend improvements.
- Consult with physicians, nurses, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams regarding patient treatment plans.
- Provide clinical guidance on appropriate health record documentation.
- Coordinate referrals to specialists and community healthcare providers.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and treatment planning.
- Prepare reports related to healthcare services, investigations, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in quality assurance, clinical, and performance improvement committees.
- Assist families and caregivers in understanding patient medical and behavioral health needs.
- Provide training and mentoring to nursing and support staff as needed.
- Conduct home safety assessments when applicable.
- Participate in abuse and neglect investigations when required.
- Testify in court regarding clinical findings if necessary.
- Assist with oversight and coordination of agency clinic services.
Required Qualifications
- Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
- Ability to independently assess, diagnose, and manage patient care.
- Experience prescribing and managing medications.
- Strong clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration abilities.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMR/EHR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in behavioral health, correctional healthcare, state-operated healthcare, or community health settings.
- Experience managing patients with complex medical and psychiatric conditions.
- Knowledge of quality assurance and clinical improvement processes.
- Leadership or clinical training experience is a plus.
Skills
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Medication management
- Diagnostic interpretation
- Patient education
- Crisis intervention
- Behavioral health assessment
- Treatment planning
- Clinical documentation
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Quality improvement
- Emergency response
- Critical thinking
- Time management
Work Environment
This position may be located within a correctional facility, behavioral health center, veterans' facility, or state-operated healthcare setting. The APRN will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to provide exceptional patient care.
Additional Information
Pay: $90.00 - $100.00 per hour
Job description:
Job Posting: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to provide advanced clinical care for individuals with complex medical and/or behavioral health needs. This role requires a high level of clinical independence, including the ability to assess, diagnose, prescribe medications, develop treatment plans, and collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
The APRN will deliver comprehensive patient care in a clinical, correctional, behavioral health, or state-operated healthcare setting while ensuring high standards of patient safety and quality of care.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive physical and psychiatric assessments.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic medical and behavioral health conditions.
- Prescribe medications and monitor patient response, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate.
- Order, interpret, and analyze laboratory and diagnostic studies.
- Respond to medical emergencies and lead cardiac arrest codes when necessary.
- Provide specialized medical and psychiatric care for inpatient and outpatient populations.
- Educate patients regarding diagnoses, medications, and treatment plans.
- Assess the effectiveness of healthcare services and recommend improvements.
- Consult with physicians, nurses, therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams regarding patient treatment plans.
- Provide clinical guidance on appropriate health record documentation.
- Coordinate referrals to specialists and community healthcare providers.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case reviews and treatment planning.
- Prepare reports related to healthcare services, investigations, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in quality assurance, clinical, and performance improvement committees.
- Assist families and caregivers in understanding patient medical and behavioral health needs.
- Provide training and mentoring to nursing and support staff as needed.
- Conduct home safety assessments when applicable.
- Participate in abuse and neglect investigations when required.
- Testify in court regarding clinical findings if necessary.
- Assist with oversight and coordination of agency clinic services.
Required Qualifications
- Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
- Ability to independently assess, diagnose, and manage patient care.
- Experience prescribing and managing medications.
- Strong clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration abilities.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMR/EHR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in behavioral health, correctional healthcare, state-operated healthcare, or community health settings.
- Experience managing patients with complex medical and psychiatric conditions.
- Knowledge of quality assurance and clinical improvement processes.
- Leadership or clinical training experience is a plus.
Skills
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Medication management
- Diagnostic interpretation
- Patient education
- Crisis intervention
- Behavioral health assessment
- Treatment planning
- Clinical documentation
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Quality improvement
- Emergency response
- Critical thinking
- Time management
Work Environment
This position may be located within a correctional facility, behavioral health center, veterans' facility, or state-operated healthcare setting. The APRN will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to provide exceptional patient care.