Licensed Practical Nurse (Per Diem)

Position subject to close at any time

Please Note :  This position is eligible for Night Shift Differential Pay

NOTE TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS :   INTERNAL CANDIDATES IN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION AND / OR PAYGRADE AS THE POSITION POSTED WILL NOT RECEIVE A PAY ADJUSTMENT IF SELECTED.

Renders general nursing care to inmate patients in a Correctional Facility. Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques to promote the physical and mental health of the inmate population.

(Note : These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed.  The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

• Performs nursing services, such as obtaining vital signs, wound care, IV therapy, collecting blood, urine, sputum and stool specimens, respond to emergencies in the Facility, and gathering other subjective and objective data from patients to insure needs are met in accordance with clinical guidelines, as well as duties imposed by the State and Federal laws and regulations and OCCD administrative procedures.
• Accurately document all data obtained, treatments, specimens collected and sent for processing as well as any other patient encounter. Administer all medications and recording such on-medication administration record. Order medications and supplies from the pharmacy and suppliers. Evaluate patients upon request.
• Verify all orders from the medical records were properly transposed to the orders / tasks within the electronic medical record and medication administration record. Maintain electronic medical record files on all inmates. File all necessary medical reports in the patient's medical record.
• Performs duties as assigned / necessary which are related, or logical in assignment to the position.

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