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REGISTERED NURSE, Juvenile Services
Tarrant County
Juvenile Services
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, 76196-0105
Salary
$2,557.10 - $3,068.52
per week
Type
Full Time
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Not specified
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a registered nurse in a juvenile services facility, where you'll assess and treat health issues for young people, teach them about healthy habits, and provide counseling in a supportive environment.
It's ideal for nurses who enjoy making a positive impact on at-risk youth and handling a mix of routine and urgent medical needs.
The role offers a fixed afternoon shift from Thursday to Monday, with good benefits and a chance to build trust with those who haven't had much healthcare before.
Key Requirements
- Active Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Ability to perform physical, emotional, and behavioral assessments of clients
- Skills in counseling and teaching health maintenance, promotion, and disease prevention
- Experience administering immunizations and medications
- Proficiency in case management services
- Capability to conduct screening tests, blood tests, and other lab procedures
- Comfort working with juvenile populations in a secure facility setting
Full Job Description
Registered Nurses (RNs) at Tarrant County Juvenile Services provide professional nursing services in a unique, safe, and supportive environment with professional staff.
What makes being a Registered Nurse (RN) at Tarrant County Juvenile Services so special?
RNs get the opportunity to:
- Make a difference in the lives of young people by teaching and counseling youth about healthy behaviors.
- Assess and treat a wide variety of chronic and acute health conditions.
- Receive the appreciation and admiration of youth who may have received little to no health care in the past.
Work Schedule: Thursday - Monday 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(Tuesday and Wednesday off)
Posting may close at any time.
BENEFITS
Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits &
13 County Holidays
For more information, please click on the link below:
http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-resources/employee-benefits.html
Requirements
1. Performs physical, emotional, and behavioral assessment of clients.2. Counsels and teaches health maintenance promotion and disease prevention.
3. Administers immunizations and medications.
4. Performs case management services.
5. Performs screening tests, counsels, and refers as needed.
6. Performs blood tests and other lab procedures offered in clinic counsels and refers as needed.
7. Records appropriate information in client records for documentation purposes.
8. Performs all clinical tasks following established protocols.
9. Maintains medical records and communications in strictest confidence.
10. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
NOTE: YOU MUST FILL OUT THE WORK HISTORY and EDUCATION SECTIONS OF APPLICATION TO SHOW YOU HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION AS REQUIRED BY HIRING DEPARTMENT OR BE DISQUALIFIED.TO APPLY, must have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Nursing.TO APPLY, must have Six (6) full-time months of related work experience.TO APPLY, must possess current RN license.
Note: A Texas license is required to hold the position.
MUST PROVIDE LICENSING AGENCY AND LICENSE NUMBER IN "CERTIFICATES AND LICENSING" SECTION OF THE APPLICATION OR BE DISQUALIFIED.
Good knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures of field of specialty
Good oral and written communication/presentation skills.
Ability to make professional nursing decisions and operate autonomously under written protocol.
If hired, must provide proof of educational attainment
at New Hire Processing or during the promotional process.
Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudications in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.
Additional Information
While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, climb, push and pullCheck your resume before applying to catch common mistakes