RN Corrections Registered Nurse (PRN Pool)

• Registered Nurse for a facility that houses individuals detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Florence, Arizona Registered Nurses in this Health Services facility practice in a collaborative environment, providing ambulatory, emergency, mental health, and infirmary care.
• PRN Pool position mixed days, nights
• Must be available for orientation/training which consists of 2 weeks Mon-Fri and 2-3 days per week thereafter until trained.

• Daily duties
• Perform intake screening and physical exams to identify conditions requiring referral or treatment.
• Provide care for common acute problems via nursing guidelines
• Complete nursing rounds for patients in infirmary care and segregated housing

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care to patients
• Performs prescreening and intake screening of patients newly arrived at the facility.
• Uses established intake tools for gathering subjective and objective data, referring abnormal findings or responses to a medical, dental, and/or behavioral health provider
• Performs sick calls, assessing and treating acute problems
• Refers patients to an NP/PA, physician, behavioral health provider, and/or dentist
• Performs physical examinations
• Provides clinical supervision to Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel
• Administers medications as ordered. (via the oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, topical, ophthalmic, and other enteral and parenteral routes)
• Performs various treatments such as wound care, vital sign checks, electrocardiograms, etc. as ordered by a medical, dental, and behavioral health provider or registered nurse.
• Collects laboratory specimens and performs point-of-care testing or prepares specimens for laboratory processing. Takes appropriate action on lab results received.
• Respond to medical emergencies and render emergency care to stabilize patients and prevent deterioration, and transfer patients to appropriate levels of care.
• May be required to participate in involuntary, court-ordered care.

Qualifications