Licensed Practical Nurse

Full Job Description

Salary Based on Years of Experience
10 Hour Shifts on
Every Other weekend

Job Description
Plan, implement and evaluate health care:
* Includes completing nursing assessments on Incarcerated Individuals.
* Includes physical examinations of all reported Incarcerated Individual injuries/illness (may include
staff injuries).
* Includes nursing procedures.
* Provide emergency first aid and CPR.
* Must be able to respond to Code Blue or emergency situations with arrival in an expedient, timely
manner.

Document nursing functions completed utilizing DOC policy/procedures:
* Document nursing assessments, interventions, planning and evaluations.
* Must be able to document in order to accurately describe events or findings.
* Must be able to speak, write and follow instructions in the English language.
* Must be aware of and comply with all policies/procedures.
* Must complete computer documentation.

General Psychiatric Nurse Duties:
* Assess patients to identify appropriate psychiatric nursing interventions.
* Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate client care.
* Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in client's condition.
Communicate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDP):

Must be able to deliver written and verbal information to Incarcerated Individuals and off-site
medical personnel.

Ensure that training is provided:
* Provide Incarcerated Individual training, i.e., medication, daily cares.
* Provide staff training.

Assist with direct health services;
* Including assisting physician, dentist, optometrist, X-ray and/or lab services.

E-Verify and Right to WorkThe State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator's Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

NOTE: Please include your State of Iowa or compact state license number and expiration date with your application
Compact license holders are required to obtain an Iowa license within 60 days

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Additional Information

More information regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at the Nurse Licensure Compact.

Review the provisions of the statute that authorized the creation of the Nurse Licensure Compact at Chapter 152E, Iowa Code.