Juvenile Intervention Center Staff RN

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Our clinic is housed at the Franklin County Juvenile Intervention Center, a maximum-security facility that houses youth awaiting trial and/or disposition. We attempt to meet the healthcare needs of the youth housed here, which range in age from 12-21. This includes regular clinic hours, routine nursing interventions, emergency response, and three scheduled medication passes per day.

Medical staff are on site from 6a-10:30p. We do cover weekends and holidays. Flexible shifts of either 8, 10, or 12 hours. This position will be for a closing shift which will end at 10:30p. We are a small, but dedicated, team working to improve quality and access to care for some of the most vulnerable kids in our community.

Assists patients to move rapidly, uneventfully, and as effectively as possible through their episode of care while maintaining quality and safety as a priority. Delegates, directs, oversees and provides developmentally appropriate patient care. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and maintains a current Ohio Nursing License.

Essential Functions:

• Provides nursing care using a Family Centered approach.
• Assesses individualized patient needs. Communicates patient care needs and priorities to assigned Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Patient Care Assistants (PCAs), Unit Coordinators, and Allied Health personnel.
• Plans, implements, educates and evaluates care using Evidence-Based Practices.
• Utilizes Therapeutic Communication while monitoring the physical, psychological, and social needs of patients and families.
• Engages in the “workplace community” by staying aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, understanding Quality Improvement, and representing staff at relevant meetings and then reporting important information and updates back to staff.
• Documents according to organizational standards, policies, and procedures.

education requirement:

BSN or Associate degree with commitment to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire, required.

Licensure Requirement:

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.

Certifications:

• Current CPR certification required.
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain NRP, PALS, ACLS, APHON or other necessary certification as determined by your manager based on business unit.

Skills:

(not specified)

experience:

(not specified)

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Climb stairs/ladder, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Machinery, Power Tools, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Reaching above shoulder

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Depth perception, Electricity, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near, Standing, Walking

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

(not specified)

“The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet”

 

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