Institution Registered Nurse (RN) - Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility

OYA welcomes you to join the Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility as an Institution Registered Nurse.

Are you motivated to provide the best quality of treatment care to youth in our facility? If so, OYA invites you to apply for our Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility (OCCF) Institution Registered Nurse (RN). As the Health Services Clinic Nurse, you will promote and maintain the physical and mental health of our youth in custody. You will be responsible for the provision of comprehensive health care services and for the direct professional nursing care to our youth having physical and mental health complaints. As the RN, you will also be responsible for developing a health care plan for the youth.

Other duties include:

• Holds daily sick-call and as-needed evaluations.
• Initiates appropriate treatment according to current medical and nursing treatment plans of care.
• Evaluates youth returning from unauthorized absence and parole violations according to standard procedure.
• Provides emergency and first aid evaluations and treatment, as required, sustaining vital functions. Refers patients to appropriate emergency provider.
• Assists medical, dental, psychiatric, and psychological providers with examination and reports.
• Performs destruction of unused or outdated medication.
• Performs discharge planning functions to ensure continuity of care. Ensures youth is educated regarding health conditions, health care needs and medication prior to discharge.
• Carries out physician/dentist/nurse practitioner orders, ensuring they are appropriate, by observation and feedback from staff members, youth and youth's family. Evaluates effectiveness of care and adjusts accordingly while being consistent with best practices of the nursing profession.
• Collects laboratory specimens and samples for testing and analysis.
• Maintains accurate, legible and complete records of patient care in electronic Medical record (HER) including chart documentation, objective data collection, treatment provided, evaluation of treatment effectiveness, patient education provided, and the writing of nursing care plans.
• Enters essential youth-related health information into Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS).

Additional Information:

Open Until Filled: This recruitment will remain open until filled but we may close the announcement at any time when we have received an adequate number of applications. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.

Shift Information: This position is a varied shift information covering shifts not only at Oak Creek YCF but all statewide clinic facilities.

Representation: This position is represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU/OPEU).

This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill multiple, current, and future vacancies.

Your application materials are used to determine your starting salary range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.

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The salary range listed is the non-PERS participating rate. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6%. Please review the Classification and Compensation page for more details.

This position receives annual increases on anniversary date until the maximum of the salary range is reached.

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