Registered Nurse 2 On-Call- CRCC

Registered Nurse 2 (RN2) On-Call Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) Connell, WA Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) team to make a real difference in the lives of others and to find personal fulfillment in your role. DOC is seeking highly motivated and qualified Registered Nurses for on-call positions at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center located just outside of the Tri-Cities area.

• Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code.
• Assess, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
• Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved because of nursing intervention.
• Plan the delivery of health care, defining timeframes and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, timeframes, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention.
• Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved.
• Revise the plan of care as necessary.
• Employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift, and carry loads.
• Delegate and assign tasks to other staff as appropriate.
• Delegate responsibility for patient care to other nurse and assistive nursing personnel after considering the needs, condition, and stability of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
• Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the results of patient care assigned to other personnel.
• Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
• Make nursing assessments and initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
• Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with incarcerated individuals, their families, other health care personnel, custody, and other institutional personnel.
• Protect the confidentiality of health records.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care.
• Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem-oriented health care record.
• Legibly document clinical findings, the rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
• Provide competent nursing services.
• Assess the subjective and objective symptoms of patient's medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
• Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IV's, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
• Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients.
• Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
• Provide accurate, authoritative information to groups or communities.
• Actively participate in the Correctional Healthcare Team.
• Function as a job coach and mentor during the on-the-job training phase of the new employee orientation; provide direction to the new employee, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete a written and or verbal evaluation of job training when requested.
• Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
• Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and WA DOC Health Care Plan.
• Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight Structure.
• Respond to health care emergencies throughout the facility and institution grounds.
• Provide emergency medical care including CPR, using triage format, to individual incarcerated individuals, staff, visitors, and members of the community.
• Always self-evaluate and practice professional nursing conduct.
• Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
• Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Initial and continuous unencumbered licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse
• OR An unencumbered Multi-State License from a participating Compact Licensure State and completion of the MSL demographic survey.
• One year experience working as a Registered Nurse.
• Training by the American Heart Association in Healthcare Provider CPR.
• Proficient using computer-based programs to schedule, monitor and track patient information, perform data entry and word processing, and communicate via email, as well as other programs that may be needed to complete assigned work.
• Ability to work independently and with limited supervision.

• Shift differential in the amount of $2.50 per hour for evening shift and night shift work
• One dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
• Three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight
• Medical, dental, and basic life insurance
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance
• Dependent care assistance
• Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Washington State Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Additional Leave

The Department of Corrections is a state agency that is responsible for the administration of the state's corrections system. The Department is committed to improving public safety by positively changing lives.