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Nurse RN - Correctional Mental Health - $50-55 per hour
Nurse RN - Correctional Mental Health - $50-55 per hour22nd Century Healthcare • Lancaster, OH, USA
Nurse RN - Correctional Mental Health - $50-55 per hour

Nurse RN - Correctional Mental Health - $50-55 per hour

22nd Century Healthcare • Lancaster, OH, USA
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Nurse RN - Correctional Mental Health - $50-55 per hour at 22nd Century Healthcare summary :

The Nurse RN specializes in Correctional Mental Health, providing essential nursing care within a correctional facility in Lancaster, Ohio. Responsibilities include monitoring patients, administering medications, and responding to medical emergencies, while also overseeing healthcare staff and completing necessary documentation. This role requires a valid RN license in Ohio and involves working various shifts including days and nights, ensuring comprehensive care for a specialized patient population.

22nd Century Healthcare is seeking a local contract nurse RN Correctional Mental Health for a local contract nursing job in Lancaster, Ohio.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty : Mental Health
  • Discipline : RN
  • Duration : 13 weeks
  • 40 hours per week
  • Shift : 10 hours, days, nights, rotating
  • Employment Type : Local Contract
  • Must be willing to work some weekends and adhere to the designated 1st shift or 3rd Shift schedule

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide nursing care in a correctional facility or state-operated institution, including observation, assessment, and recording of symptoms and reactions of patients.
  • Take and record vital signs, administer prescribed medications, treatments, and immunizations, and monitor patients on a regular schedule (e.g., every 15 minutes for restrained patients).
  • Respond to medical emergencies by administering first aid, arranging transportation to a hospital, contacting physicians, and referring patients as needed.
  • Participate in staff development, education, and orientation for new employees.
  • Perform specialized procedures such as IV therapy, chemotherapy, wound care, oxygen therapy, dialysis, blood transfusions, CPR, tube feeding, catheterization, suctioning, and phlebotomy.
  • Manage administrative tasks such as completing incident reports, documenting medical information, ordering supplies, and maintaining inventory of controlled substances and equipment.
  • Ensure all required reports, such as Medicaid documentation and prescriptions, are completed in a timely manner.
  • Act as a lead worker on shifts, overseeing other healthcare staff when necessary.
  • Coordinate with medical staff to schedule out-patient appointments and medical exams.

    • License / Certification

  • Current licensure as a registered professional nurse in the state of Ohio, as issued by the Ohio Board of Nursing
  • BLS / CPR

    • About 22nd Century Healthcare

    22nd Century Technologies Inc., (TSCTI) is one the fastest growing healthcare staffing companies in the United States. With presence in all 50 States and 6000+ employees nationwide, we have been providing unparallel healthcare and technology staffing services to Public and Private sectors for 25 years.

    Started as a technology staffing company in 1997, we have significantly expanded our healthcare practice to both Clinical and Non-Clinical staffing, serving various facilities, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Our ISO certified staffing practices and technology driven staffing procedures – from recruitment to on boarding, along with an internal pre-vetted resume database of healthcare professionals, have enabled us to successfully deliver more than $40M of healthcare staffing services with over 600,000 hours of medical staffing in the last five years.

    Keywords :

    Nurse, Mental Health, Correctional Facility, Registered Nurse, Patient Care, Healthcare Staffing, Clinical Care, Emergency Response, Ohio Nursing, BLS / CPR

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