RN - Correctional Medicine

Adelphi is seeking Registered Nurses (RN) to provide services at a correctional facility in Victorville, California. The ideal candidates will provide nursing care to inmates at the facility while ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.

Job Quick Facts:

• Job ID: GS-VICT-03

• Profession: Registered Nurse (RN)

• Location: Victorville, California

• Facility Type: Correctional Facility

• Job Type: Contract

• Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri, 40 hours/week

• Rate: $50

Requirements:

• Valid and unrestricted California license

• BLS (AHA)

• Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience (preferably in a clinical or correctional setting).

Responsibilities:

• Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermal, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.

• Assist with distribution of medications at pill line.

• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate.

• Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and xrays.

• Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining laboratory specimens.

• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.

• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services.

• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans.

• Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.

• Perform nursing duties within the scope of the current licensure.