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Registered Nurse - Corrections

Lima, OH 45801

Posted: 01/03/2025 Category: Nursing Job Number: 510007

Job Description

A-Line Staffing is now hiring a Correctional Registered Nurse in Lima, OH! The Position would be working for a great company and has career growth potential.

This would be full time / 40+ hours per week. - Must be available to work

  • 2nd shift and Every 3rd Weekend

Pay Rate: $50.00 per hour

Compensation

Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of employment and include health, optical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance

  • A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates

Highlights

  • This position is a contract assignment with the potential to hire permanently based on attendance, performance, and business needs

Responsibilities

  • Provides professional nursing care to students hospitalized in student health services unit, or to inmates, juvenile offenders, or consumers housed in state-owned/operated facility/institution &/or staff, observes, assesses & records symptoms, reactions & progress of infirmary patients &/or clinic out-patients, makes nursing rounds, takes & re cords vitals, prepares & administers prescribed medications & ordered treatment plans &/or immunizations, monitors restrained (e.g., lock-ups, detention, isolated) patients on timely bas is (i.e., every 15 minutes) & provide s immediate medical attention to emergencies (e.g., administers first aid; arranges transportation to hospital emergency room; contacts staff physician when necessary; counsels patient regarding need for medical referrals) & if assigned, also schedules, assigns & reviews work (i.e., has authority to either approve/disapprove leave requests or to complete performance evaluations, but such is not mandatory to be performed) of lower-level staff (e.g., RNs, LP Ns), participates in staff development & education, reviews care plans written by staff & trains & orients new employees; OR In corrections medical center, is responsible for all health care of 20-60 bedridden inmates (i.e., makes rounds, evaluates care needed & rendered; does care plans & teaches health care principles; administers medication including narcotics; renders all direct nursing care as needed) & performs specialized procedures (i.e., iv therapy, chemotherapy, wound care, oxygen therapy, dialysis, blood transfusion, incubation & CPR, tube feeding, catheterization, suctioning & phlebotomy duties).

    • Organizes & oversees 'code blue' team; directs health care staff (e.g., hospital aides & licensed practical nurses) assigned to the area; acts as lead worker in charge of one assigned shift in absence of nurse 2 employee assists the physician in the giving diagnostic health evaluations to students.

    • Performs clerical tasks (e.g., charts & records all medications, treatments & pertinent medical information; completes required reports such as incident & accident reports; documents Medicaid information; orders supplies & equipment; maintains constant & exact inventory of all controlled drugs, medication & equipment); arranges for out-patient clinic appointments; arranges for medical examinations to be done by school physician; arranges for new & refilled prescriptions ordered by physicians through a local pharmacy; performs administrative tasks & serves as liaison with others in organization & conducts &/or attends meetings; serves as an instructor on occasion; serves as member or leader of problem-solving teams or groups.

Requirements

  • Must have clear and active State of Ohio Registered Nurse Licensure
  • Attendance is mandatory for the first 90 days

If you think this Registered Nurse position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me - Jared Petrill / 586-710-7960

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