Washington County is currently hiring a Register Nurse. The Correctional Health Nurse is part of a professional Nursing Team responsible for the delivery of on-site health care services and for the management of health care services provided by external partners for Inmates of the Washington County Jail.
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A typical shift for a Correctional Health Nurses includes the following:
- Provides health services in the on-site medical clinic and responds to sick call requests. Average census of 20 inmates per day (35%)
- Medication management (10%)
- Collaborates with external health care partners to provide inmate health services (20%)
- Provides Inmates with physical, mental and chemical health screenings/assessments, case management, medical records and health education services (25%)
- Provides emergency response, monitors and manages incidents of communicable diseases, meetings/education (10%)
