Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Overview

Top reasons to love this job 1. Opportunity to work in a safe and structured environment with an underserved, ambulatory patient population, while utilizing your full gamut of nursing skills. 2. Specialized field that encompasses ambulatory care, health education, urgent, infirmary care, and specialty clinics for patients with chronic conditions 3. Limited family interactions allows our nurses the ability to provide services and health education to patients without outside interference. 4. Use and enhance your clinical skills, while experiencing unparalleled autonomy as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while gaining vast experience in many areas of healthcare not available in traditional settings. Tell me about this job A correctional healthcare Registered Nurse (RN) will provide care through a variety of healthcare processes. Those key processes include: 1. Intake Physical Assessments 2. Sick Call 3. Medication Administration 4. Emergency Care/Response 5. Chronic Care 6. Infirmary Care 7. Infection Prevention 8. Training, Staff and Patient Education 9. Segregation Care 10. Transfer Care 11. Behavioral Health Care Top "must-haves" for this job 1. Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing 2. Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment. 3. Possesses an active CPR certification. 4. Strong assessment skills and ability to provide health education to our patient population.